KOLKATA: Christie’s South Asian Modern & Contemporary Art sale in New York has achieved total numbers of $2.412 million. Of the 72 lots
offered, 63% have been sold out, embracing 45 pieces. In value terms, the auction achieved 54% sales. The top highlights include a VS Gaitonde Untitled, picked up at $482,500 by an anonymous buyer against an estimate of $300,000-500,000. At the same time, a Subodh Gupta Untitled oil on canvas from 2004 has been bought out by a private Asian buyer for $176,500 compared to an estimated band of $200,000-300,000. Among the high-end works is also an acrylic on canvas work, Transplantation, by Rameshwar Broota, which is pegged at a sale value of $170,500 hovering close to the high estimate of $180,000. The Broota was acquired by a private US buyer. Hugo Weihe, international director, international specialist, head of Indian and Southeast Asia art, told ET in an email from New York: “The sale of of South Asian Modern & Contemporary Art was led by Vasudeo Gaitonde’s superb Untitled from 1965, which achieved $482,500. We were pleased to see further strong results for Maqbool Fida Husain’s Gandhi- Man of Peace at $152,000 and Rameshwar Broota’s Face at $80,500.