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    THE ART OF NANDALAL BOSE, ABANINDRANATH TAGORE AND RABINDRANATH TAGORE: THE SUPRATIK BOSE COLLECTION Total: $2,927,000/£1,844,010/€2,195,250 Top Lot: Lot 33 | Abanindranath Tagore, Untitled (Siva-Simantini), watercolor and wash on card, executed circa 1920s. | Price realized: $555,750 | WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST Hugo Weihe, International Director of Asian Art and International Specialist Head, South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Department, New York, said: “The sale of The Art of Nadalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore, and Rabindranath Tagore marked an incredible chapter for Indian modernism. We were gratified by the global attention this collection garnered, which resulted in a sell-through rate of 99% by value, with the remaining three lots selling immediately after the sale. We will always be deeply honored to have been entrusted by Supratik Bose to handle this extraordinary collection.” “Well over four decades ago when I brought the collection from India very few in America knew about the art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore, and Rabindranath Tagore,” said Supratik Bose. “I am very pleased that after today's auction at Christie's they are far better known internationally.” Please find the Top Ten attached. Description: Description: Italian Village SOUTH ASIAN MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART Total: $5,096,125/£3,210,559/€3,822,094 Top Lot: Lot 110 | Syed Haider Raza, Italian Village, oil on board, painted in 1953. | Price Realized: $723,750 Deepanjana Klein, Head of Sale, South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, New York, added: “The South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale realized solid results for Progressive Artists’ Group masters such as Syed Haider Raza and Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, as well as the contemporary artist Bharti Kher. The market also recognized Sri Lanka’s most celebrated 20th century artist George Keyt, alongside fellow ’43 Group artists Ivan Peries and George Claessen, whose painting of Le Sourie achieved a world auction record of $27,500. A world auction record was also set for Mohammad Kibria’s Untitled.”

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    THE ART OF NANDALAL BOSE, ABANINDRANATH TAGORE AND RABINDRANATH TAGORE: THE SUPRATIK BOSE COLLECTION Total: $2,927,000/£1,844,010/€2,195,250 Top Lot: Lot 33 | Abanindranath Tagore, Untitled (Siva-Simantini), watercolor and wash on card, executed circa 1920s. | Price realized: $555,750 | WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST Hugo Weihe, International Director of Asian Art and International Specialist Head, South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Department, New York, said: “The sale of The Art of Nadalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore, and Rabindranath Tagore marked an incredible chapter for Indian modernism. We were gratified by the global attention this collection garnered, which resulted in a sell-through rate of 99% by value, with the remaining three lots selling immediately after the sale. We will always be deeply honored to have been entrusted by Supratik Bose to handle this extraordinary collection.” “Well over four decades ago when I brought the collection from India very few in America knew about the art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore, and Rabindranath Tagore,” said Supratik Bose. “I am very pleased that after today's auction at Christie's they are far better known internationally.” Please find the Top Ten attached. Description: Description: Italian Village SOUTH ASIAN MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART Total: $5,096,125/£3,210,559/€3,822,094 Top Lot: Lot 110 | Syed Haider Raza, Italian Village, oil on board, painted in 1953. | Price Realized: $723,750 Deepanjana Klein, Head of Sale, South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, New York, added: “The South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale realized solid results for Progressive Artists’ Group masters such as Syed Haider Raza and Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, as well as the contemporary artist Bharti Kher. The market also recognized Sri Lanka’s most celebrated 20th century artist George Keyt, alongside fellow ’43 Group artists Ivan Peries and George Claessen, whose painting of Le Sourie achieved a world auction record of $27,500. A world auction record was also set for Mohammad Kibria’s Untitled.”

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    THE ART OF NANDALAL BOSE, ABANINDRANATH TAGORE AND RABINDRANATH TAGORE: THE SUPRATIK BOSE COLLECTION Total: $2,927,000/£1,844,010/€2,195,250 Top Lot: Lot 33 | Abanindranath Tagore, Untitled (Siva-Simantini), watercolor and wash on card, executed circa 1920s. | Price realized: $555,750 | WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST Hugo Weihe, International Director of Asian Art and International Specialist Head, South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Department, New York, said: “The sale of The Art of Nadalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore, and Rabindranath Tagore marked an incredible chapter for Indian modernism. We were gratified by the global attention this collection garnered, which resulted in a sell-through rate of 99% by value, with the remaining three lots selling immediately after the sale. We will always be deeply honored to have been entrusted by Supratik Bose to handle this extraordinary collection.” “Well over four decades ago when I brought the collection from India very few in America knew about the art of Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore, and Rabindranath Tagore,” said Supratik Bose. “I am very pleased that after today's auction at Christie's they are far better known internationally.” Please find the Top Ten attached. Description: Description: Italian Village SOUTH ASIAN MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART Total: $5,096,125/£3,210,559/€3,822,094 Top Lot: Lot 110 | Syed Haider Raza, Italian Village, oil on board, painted in 1953. | Price Realized: $723,750 Deepanjana Klein, Head of Sale, South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, New York, added: “The South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale realized solid results for Progressive Artists’ Group masters such as Syed Haider Raza and Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, as well as the contemporary artist Bharti Kher. The market also recognized Sri Lanka’s most celebrated 20th century artist George Keyt, alongside fellow ’43 Group artists Ivan Peries and George Claessen, whose painting of Le Sourie achieved a world auction record of $27,500. A world auction record was also set for Mohammad Kibria’s Untitled.”

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    South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art

    N e w Y o r k , 1 7 S e p t em b e r 2 0 1 3 , S a l e # 2 7 2 3
    [All sold prices include buyers premium]

    60 lots sold
    97 lots offered
    Lot
    110

    Total: $5,096,125/3,210,559/3,822,094
    0.63= $1 / 0.75=$1
    Description
    Estimate ($)
    Price Realized

    Syed Haider Raza (B. 1922), Italian Village, oil on board,


    painted in 1953.

    62% sold by lot


    67% sold by value
    Buyer

    $723,750
    550,000 750,000

    455,963

    Asian Institution

    542,813
    128

    Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924-2001), Untitled, oil on canvas,


    painted in 1973.

    $507,750
    400,000 600,000

    319,883

    Asian Private

    380,813
    170

    Syed Haider Raza (B.1922), Untitled (Landscape), oil on


    board, painted in 1962.

    $387,750
    300,000 500,000

    244,283

    UK Private

    290,813
    171

    Bharti Kher (B. 1969), Landscape, bindis on painted board;


    triptych, each executed in 2007.

    $339,750
    300,000 500,000

    214,043

    Asian Private

    254,813
    131

    Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002), Piet, oil on canvas,


    painted in 1947.

    $327,750
    250,000 350,000

    206,483

    US Private

    245,813
    126

    Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924-2001), Untitled , oil on canvas,


    painted in 1960.

    $315,750
    180,000 250,000

    198,923

    Asian Institution

    236,813

    127

    Syed Haider Raza (B. 1922), Jour de Liesse, oil on canvas,


    painted in 1963.

    $267,750
    200,000 300,000

    168,683

    UK Private

    200,813

    180

    Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002), Untitled (St.


    Sebastian), oil on board, painted circa 1955.

    $255,750
    220,000 280,000

    161,123

    US Private

    191,813
    164

    Tyeb Mehta (1925-2009), Gurmeet, oil on board, painted in


    1963.

    $183,750
    150,000 200,000

    115,763

    European Private

    137,813
    108

    Akbar Padamsee (B. 1928), Untitled (Townscape)


    oil on board, painted in 1960.

    $147,750
    80,000 120,000

    93,083

    US Private

    110,813

    PRESS CONTACT: Sung-Hee Park | +1 212 636 2680| spark@christies.com


    Jaime Bernice | +1 212 636 2680 | jbernice@christies.com
    Please click here to view the full international schedule of upcoming sales from the South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
    department at Christies
    Estimates do not include buyers premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyers premium and do not reflect costs,
    financing fees or application of buyers or sellers credits.

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