Francis Newton Souza
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1957 work sold for Rs16.8cr in 2015
The Times of India, Sep 12 2015
1957 Souza work sold for Rs16.8cr That the modern masters are still capable of breathing life into a relatively lacklustre Indian art market was proved yet again when a work by the Goa-born Francis Newton Souza sold for Rs 16.84 crore at a Saffronart auction in Delhi on Thursday , creating a new record for the artist. It also became the fourth most expensive work of Indian art to be sold at an auction, after those by V S Gaitonde, S H Raza and Amrita Sher-Gil. Souza's previous best was in 2008, the height of the art boom, when a paint ing called `Birth' went for $2.5 million or Rs 10.5 crore.
The work that sold at Saffronart anniversary sale was titled `Man and Woman Laughing' (1957), and shows a couple with big, ugly teeth and allknowing eyes up in their foreheads. It's signature Souza who was as scathing with his brush as he was with his tongue. “It's a work that he painted at the height of his career. It's almost as if the man and woman have seen it all but can stand back and laugh about it, says Hugo Weihe, CEO of Saffronart.
Weihe, who recently moved from Christie's to Saffronart, was also thrilled about the results of his first auction with 90% of the lots sold out.
Two other artists also surpassed their personal best -G Ravinder Reddy (Rs 2.7 crore) and Nilima Sheikh (Rs 1.02 crore).
