Another painting that might make a similar claim is 'Kali', the cover lot of Saffronart's June 13-14 summer online auction, carrying a price estimate of Rs 18.9-25.2 crore. In size and provenance, important considerations in auctions, 'Kali' ticks the right boxes. Furthermore, the 'Kali' series is auction blue chip, considering that two smaller works from it had set milestones in auction prices of Indian art. In May 2005, a 'Kali' head sold at a Saffronart for more than a crore rupees, the first Indian artwork to do so; while another 'Kali' was the first Indian painting to sell for more than a million US dollars at Saffronart's 2011 online auction. Besides this, he had a strong and enduring connect with certain subjects – the struggle of good and evil, the forms of Kali, Durga, Mahishasur, etc."

Source: dna May 06, 2018 01:52 UTC