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Stoked for Souza + Raza

June 8, 2010 by Marion Maneker

There’s a big sale of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art in London this week at Christie’s that includes property from F.N. Souza’s estate and painting by S.H. Raza that could set a record. (Sotheby’s sale is on the 15th and features the Tagore paintings that are causing such a stir in India and their own Hussains, Razas and Souzas.) Asian Age emphasizes the importance of Christie’s Raza:

Eminent Indian painter Sayed Haider Raza’s painting Saurashtra is being auctioned in London next week and it is estimated to sell for £1.8 million. Describing the 1983 painting by 87-year-old Raza as the most valuable modern Indian art work ever to be offered at any auction, Christie’s said the 200 x 200 cm painting is being offered on sale by a private French collector, who acquired it directly from the France-based artist. Raza, who moved to France 60 years ago, lives in Paris and Corbio in southern France and last year decided to stop painting professionally. Saurashtra, one of Madhya Pradesh-born Raza’s most ambitious works, provides a transitional bridge into his structured geometric works which are characteristic of his most recent body of paintings

Raza Work May Fetch £1.3-1.8m (Asian Age)

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