Mumbai (Maharashtra): Anti-Hindu painter M.F. Husain has joined the million-dollar club with one of his paintings on slain theatre artist Safdar Hashmi going under the hammer for over $1 million. (Despite drawing nude paintings of ‘Bharatmata’ and Hindu gods & deities, MF Hussain has not yet been arrested. This is because of the anti Hindu Congress government and such media. Would they dare to take the same stand in the case of Muslims and Christians? – Editor)
An unidentified art collector went past the keenly fought bidding at an auction organised by Emami Chisel Art Auction House in Kolkata on Saturday evening to bag ‘Tribute to Hashmi’ for $10.38 lakh (approx Rs 4.4 crore).
(Hindus need to strongly protest against this anti-Hindu and anti-national painter who is continuing to rub salt on the wounds of Hindus and Bharatiyas. Also those who support Hussain should be strongly condemned so that they do not dare to do such acts in future. – Editor)
Incidentally, this was the first painting of an Indian artist to cross the Rs ten lakh mark in 1987.
The same bidder also added Tyeb Mehta’s Kali-III to his collection for the same amount. Mehta’s painting had the highest reserve price of Rs 2.5 crore for the bidding.
Out of the 89 works by 70 artists, only ten works remained unsold while organisers fetched about Rs 24 crore from the bidding which was both on floor and online.
Besides works of Husain and Mehta, pioneering painters F N Souza and J Swaminathan also fetched over Rs one crore for their paintings.
Souza’s Manor House, whose reserve price was fixed at Rs one crore, was sold for Rs 1.65 crore while J Swaminathan’s Birds and Mountains went for Rs 1.76 crore.
Amrita Shergill’s two untitled charcoal paintings were sold for Rs 21.85 lakh and Rs 14.85 lakh, while S H Raza’s ‘Landscape’ cost Rs 92 lakh for a bidder. Organisers said three of the bids were won by bidders from Italy, Mauritius and the United States.
Source: www.Rediff.com
