LONDON.- The two day sale of South Asian
Modern +
Contemporary Art Including Property From The Estate of Francis Newton
Souza
realised a total of £12,462,425/$18,092,364 US / €15,056,174 and was 98%
sold by
value and 91% sold by lot. The top lot was Syed Haider Raza (b. 1922),
Saurashtra, 1983 which fetched £2,393,250/ $3,486,965 US / €2,893,439,
setting a
World Auction Record for any Modern Indian Work of Art and a World
Auction
Record for the Artist. This monumental painting was bought by a Private
Indian
Museum.