Leading auctioneer Osian’s has notched up a total sale of over Rs 8 crore at its recent auction of Indian Modern & Contemporary Art and Craft.
By Ashok Nag Economic Times.
"Interest for India’s first professional public auction of contemporary craft was evident as the prices attracted three times more than its lower estimate. Bids climbed as bidders upped the price of each lot that went under the hammer," Niranjan Desai, Osian’s spokesperson told ET... "The consequences of this auction will be enormous for all the artisans and crafts people of India. It is a huge challenge to absorb this financial high," said Desai.
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Looking back to look ahead
by K S Shekhawat Business Standard
Gallerists say 2009 will mark a transition in the way collectors hedge their choices. The aborted Osian’s auction — it was scheduled to be held at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 27 — would have been a pointer to a major trend in 2009 : The emergence for collectors of traditional and folk art forms.
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Gallerists say 2009 will mark a transition in the way collectors hedge their choices. The aborted Osian’s auction — it was scheduled to be held at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 27 — would have been a pointer to a major trend in 2009 : The emergence for collectors of traditional and folk art forms.
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Artcurial Contemporary Art Sale April 3, 2008
Jivya Soma Mashe born in 1934, "The Ant", natural pigment and acrylic on canvas, 136 x 176 cm (53,5 x 69,3 in).
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Artcurial Paris Contemporary Art Sale 1406 lot 44 catalogue 1.
Estimates : 5 000 - 7 000 €
Sold for 13 631 € - 21.589 $
"The Ant" is a major work of Jivya Soma Mashe, known as the M.F. Husain of Indian tribal art (Gulf News, Sept. 2007).
For this painting the artist creates for the first time, in this size and for main motif, a spiral made of several hundreds of ants. The spiral is an evocation of the Tarpana, the most important ritual dance of the Warli tribe, to which belongs Jivya Soma Mashe.
The countless number of details which characterize Jivya Soma Mashe's work in general and this painting in particular, make it a unique work, celebrating in this infinite repetition of pictorial gestures, similar to a visual mantra, to a graphic psalmody, a fantastic tribute to life and to movement, founder principles of Indian thought.
The art of Jivya Soma Mashe, as that of the aborigines of Australia, has this outstanding uniqueness of being at the same time resolutely primitive in its spirit and incredibly contemporary in its form.
Contemporary: which is of the same time, of the same epoch. Gandhi, born in 1869 and Proust, born in 1871, are contemporary to one an other as are Andy Warhol, Sayed Haider Raza and Jivya Soma Mashe.
India Today, April 7, 2008 Mashe’s inclusion in the Contemporaray Art Sale is another milestone, for folk/tribal artists have so far been ignored in auctions dealing with Indian art… read more
The Economic Times, April 8, 2008 “We can think that these Other like Jivya Soma Mashe could be more successful during the next few years and their estimates could be still very low compared to the best works by the most renowned native Australian artists”... read more
Indian Sale Artcurial Paris 2007
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Jivya Soma Mashe, Chauk Palaghata Mata Temple and Train, 2005, acrylic on canvas,160 x 320 cm (62,40 x 124,80 in.)
Estimate : Euros 4 400 - 4 800
Sold for : Euros 10 533 / Rs 612,863
Jivya Soma Mashe, Tarpana, 2006, acrylic on canvas,139 x 171 cm (54,21 x 66,69 in.)
Estimate: Euros 3 200 - 3 500
Sold for : Euros 4 337 / Rs 252,366
An Auction to Benefit the Kolkata Museum of Modern Art
Sotheby's New York 17 July 2007
Bhuri Bai (B. 1960), "Story of a Jungle", 70 by 93 in. (178 by 236 cm.)
Estimate : 1,000—2,000 USD.
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 5,040 USD
Ram Singh Urveti (B. 1970), "Dream", 77 by 54 in. (196 by 137.5 cm.)
Estimate : 1,500—2,000 USD.
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,300 USD
Swarna Chitrakar (B. 1974), "Tsunami", Patua, 48 1/2 by 93 in. (123 by 236 cm.)
Estimate : 1,000—2,000 USD. Lot Sold.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,900 USD
Bhuri Bai (B. 1960), "Story of a Jungle", 70 by 93 in. (178 by 236 cm.)
Estimate : 1,000—2,000 USD.
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 5,040 USD
Ram Singh Urveti (B. 1970), "Dream", 77 by 54 in. (196 by 137.5 cm.)
Estimate : 1,500—2,000 USD.
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,300 USD
Swarna Chitrakar (B. 1974), "Tsunami", Patua, 48 1/2 by 93 in. (123 by 236 cm.)
Estimate : 1,000—2,000 USD. Lot Sold.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,900 USD
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A date with modern Indian art
After New York and Berkeley, the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Asia Society India Centre are hosting the first major international exhibition of contemporary Indian art, a decade-long perspective on visual practices in India, here from November 14 to December 8, 2006.
Co-organised by Asia Society and the Art Gallery of Western Australia, "Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India" includes 80 cutting-edge works of sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, video and interactive media from 1993 to the present.
The works of art include large installations and intimate drawings and encompass a variety of visual cultures, traversing the conventional divides of urban and rural, fine and folk art, and high and popular culture.
Full article : The Hindu, Tuesday, Nov 14, 2006
Co-organised by Asia Society and the Art Gallery of Western Australia, "Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India" includes 80 cutting-edge works of sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, video and interactive media from 1993 to the present.
The works of art include large installations and intimate drawings and encompass a variety of visual cultures, traversing the conventional divides of urban and rural, fine and folk art, and high and popular culture.
Full article : The Hindu, Tuesday, Nov 14, 2006
Jivya Soma Mashe, Artcurial, Paris 2006
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"Jivya Soma Mashe" Auction Sale Results
Artcurial, Paris, Saturday 28 October 2006
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Jivya Soma Mashe, Tarpana, 2004, acrylic and cowdung on canvas,115 x 152 cm (44,85 x 59,28 in.)
Estimate : Euros 1 500 - 2 000 / Rs 85,500 – 114,000
Sold for : Euros 7 399 / Rs 422,000
Jivya Soma Mashe, Cauk, 2004, acrylic and cowdung on canvas,115 x 152 cm (44,85 x 59,28 in.)
Estimate: Euros 1 500-2 000 / Rs 85,500 – 114,000
Sold for : Euros 4 316 / Rs 246,000
Jangarh Singh Shyam and Baua Devi, Drouot, Paris, 2005
Drouot-Montaigne, Calmels-Cohen Auction House, Paris, Juin 2005
Jangarh Singh Syam (1962-2001)
Jangarh Singh Syam, 1988, acrylic on paper,213 x 153 cm (83 x 60 in.)
Estimate : Euros 800 – 1 200 / Rs 45,500 – 68,250
Sold for : Euros 2 500 / Rs 142,200
Jangarh Singh Syam, 1988, acrylic on paper,152 x 218 cm (60 x 86 in.)
Estimate : Euros 800 – 1 200 / Rs 45,500 – 68,250
Sold for : Euros 1 000 / Rs 56,900
Baua Devi
Baua Devi, 1988, vegetable colors on canvas,150 x 520 cm (59 x 204 in.)
Estimate : Euros 1 200 – 1 500 / Rs 68,250 – 85,300
Sold for : Euros 1 300 / Rs 74,000
Jangarh Singh Syam (1962-2001)
Jangarh Singh Syam, 1988, acrylic on paper,213 x 153 cm (83 x 60 in.)
Estimate : Euros 800 – 1 200 / Rs 45,500 – 68,250
Sold for : Euros 2 500 / Rs 142,200
Jangarh Singh Syam, 1988, acrylic on paper,152 x 218 cm (60 x 86 in.)
Estimate : Euros 800 – 1 200 / Rs 45,500 – 68,250
Sold for : Euros 1 000 / Rs 56,900
Baua Devi
Baua Devi, 1988, vegetable colors on canvas,150 x 520 cm (59 x 204 in.)
Estimate : Euros 1 200 – 1 500 / Rs 68,250 – 85,300
Sold for : Euros 1 300 / Rs 74,000
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