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Paintings by VS Gaitonde, MF Husain, SH Raza to go under the hammer for the first time

By The Economic Times (Panache)
Mar 18, 2021

Left to right, clockwise: SH Raza's 'Prakriti', Akbar Padamsee's 'Untitled (Portrait Of A Woman)', MF Husain's 'Blue Ganges', VS Gaitonde's Untitled portrait and MF Husain Untitled painting. (Image: www.astaguru.com)

The catalogue offers a unique opportunity for serious collectors to acquire works making an appearance in the auction market for the very first time since they were acquired directly by their present owners from either the artists themselves, or from galleries," Astaguru said in a statement.

Highlights of the sale include two monumental oil on canvases by Gaitonde from 1970 and 1971.

Estimated at Rs 12-15 crore, the 1970 painting takes on a "minimalistic approach featuring a largely subtle overtone with abstracted forms painted in deep blacks that appear to float on the canvas and break the monochromatic composition of the painting".

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