Three works of Subodh Gupta sold today for around one million dollars at the Rockefeller Plaza during the second day of Christie’s Asian Art Week auction titled “South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art”

Steal 2 – sold for $1,166,500

Miter – sold for $1,022,500

Untitled – sold for $962,500

Other notable million-dollar sales include: Maqbool Fida Husain’s “Ritual” for $1,022,500 and Tyeb Mehta’s “Untitled (Yellow Heads)” for $902,500

Mao Tse Tung - Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol’s work titled “Mao” was sold in London on June 30 within the “Post war and contemporary art” auction for £541,250 ($1,078,712)

The evening’s highest price was paid for Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies for Self-Portrait”, a stunning £17,289,250 ($34,457,486)

Three Studies For Self Portrait by Francisc Bacon

As always at Christie’s modern art auctions, there were many great artworks bought, including Subodth Gupta’s “Dubai to Calcutta #19″ work for £313,250 ($624,307); pictured below:

Dubai To Calcutta by Subodh Gupta



Saat Samundar Paar

Subodh Gupta’s “Saat Samundar Paar (10)” was sold for HK$9,287,500 (~$1,195,756) tonight at Christie’s Hong Kong auction.