AstaGuru's upcoming online sale on June 25-26 will auction canvas work by Prabhakar Barwe, two works by M F Husain and by other modern Indian artists including Ram Kumar and F N Souza.

Rare works by leading Indian modernists including M F Husain, Ram Kumar, and F N Souza will go under the hammer at AstaGuru's upcoming online sale on June 25-26, the auction house said in a statement.

Over 50 per cent of the 120 works that will be part of the “Collector Choice - A Curated Presentation of Rare Modern Indian works” will be making their auction debut, it added.

Highlights of the auction include “Ivory Eyes” (1976), an enamel on canvas work, by Prabhakar Barwe, which is also the cover lot of the auction catalogue.

Estimated at ?

20 - 30 lakh, Barwe's paintings emerged from the perfect conjunction of form, space and mystery, hereby creating a new pictorial association.