Indian masterpieces up for sale in New York

Paintings by one of India’s most important modern artists go under the hammer in New York on Wednesday, highlights in a booming market for Asian art featured this week.

Three oils on canvas by pioneering Indian abstract artist Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde, who in 1964 based himself in New York, are being offered for auction by Christie’s and Bonham’s.

Bonham’s canvases, signed and dated 1961 and 1963, come from the artist’s “non-objective” series and were acquired by US artist Morris Graves, who described him as “fine — or superb — as Mark Rothko at his best.”

The auction house values the oil paintings, which have spent 45 years with a San Francisco collector, at $300-500,000 and $600-800,000 respectively.

Christie’s is offering a 1971 publicly known painting “Untitled” in moss green for $750,000 to $900,000, which it says showcases the “painter, philosopher and alchemist at the zenith of his career.”

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Indian masterpieces up for sale in New York