London (PTI): A 1960 painting by M F Husain fetched a whopping Rs 3.1 crore at Christie's South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art sale here which saw 76 lots of famous artists going under the hammer for Rs 18.98 crore.
Pakistani artist Rashid Rana's "Red Carpet" has got the second highest price of Rs 1.3 crore at the auction which took place on June 10, the organisers said. Ram Kumar's "Untitled (Benares)" paint sold for Rs 1.04 crore.
The "Ragamala Series", oil work on canvas, features visual interpretation of Indian musical modes. The series capture Husain's continuous fascination with 'rasa' or aesthetic rapture.
The inter-disciplinary nature of music, dance, sculpture, painting and film provided enormous inspiration to M.F.Husain at that time (1950s and 60s) and his "Ragamala Series" embodies the masterful usage of his most recognisable pictorial elements.
The inter-disciplinary nature of music, dance, sculpture, painting and film provided enormous inspiration to M.F.Husain at that time (1950s and 60s) and his "Ragamala Series" embodies the masterful usage of his most recognisable pictorial elements.
Husain's other works "The Preacher at Mecca" fetched 250, 121pounds (Rs 9.5 million) and "Untitled (Horses)" Rs 5.7 million.
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