Tyeb Mehta outshines Big B at Osian's auction
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan may be ruling Bollywood but when it comes to auctions, there's no beating octogenarian artist Tyeb Mehta. Mehta's 1968 painting 'Falling Figure' attracted a winning bid of Rs 3.45 crore at the Osian's auction here last n...
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan may be ruling Bollywood but when it comes to auctions, there's no beating octogenarian artist Tyeb Mehta. Mehta's 1968 painting 'Falling Figure' attracted a winning bid of Rs 3.45 crore at the Osian's auction here last night, easily the highest price quoted for any of the lots on sale.
In contrast, posters of Bachchan's early films 'Bombay to Goa' and 'Abhimaan' found no takers, with connoisseurs unwilling to match pre-sale estimates of up to Rs 25,000 for the two items.
The Mumbai-based painter and other modern Indian artists like M F Hussain, V S Gaitonde and Amrita Sher-Gil were the only ones to cross the Rs one crore mark in bids. An untitled painting by Gaitonde sold for Rs 2.76 crore, a Hussain oil-on-canvas went for Rs 1.5 crore while a Sher-Gil creation was snapped up for Rs 1.38 crore.
The 1960 classic 'Mughal-E-Azam' fared better, notching up almost Rs 15 lakh for a set of photographic stills and posters from the movie. Osian's Founder-Chairman Neville Tuli wasn't too disappointed by the results. In fact, he was happy to note the presence of filmmaker Ketan Mehta and his actress-wife Deepa Sahi at the auction. "If the Hindi film fraternity
In contrast, posters of Bachchan's early films 'Bombay to Goa' and 'Abhimaan' found no takers, with connoisseurs unwilling to match pre-sale estimates of up to Rs 25,000 for the two items.
The Mumbai-based painter and other modern Indian artists like M F Hussain, V S Gaitonde and Amrita Sher-Gil were the only ones to cross the Rs one crore mark in bids. An untitled painting by Gaitonde sold for Rs 2.76 crore, a Hussain oil-on-canvas went for Rs 1.5 crore while a Sher-Gil creation was snapped up for Rs 1.38 crore.
The 1960 classic 'Mughal-E-Azam' fared better, notching up almost Rs 15 lakh for a set of photographic stills and posters from the movie. Osian's Founder-Chairman Neville Tuli wasn't too disappointed by the results. In fact, he was happy to note the presence of filmmaker Ketan Mehta and his actress-wife Deepa Sahi at the auction. "If the Hindi film fraternity
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