First
Send the photographs
The front, the back, the signature and any labels, with whatever papers you hold. You are answered the same day, and the opening assessment is not chargeable.
Selling a work by
Bhupen Khakhar
1934 to 2003. What the public record shows, and how a particular work is valued against it.
The public record
AB / RECORD
- Record at auction
- $3.2 M
- The work
- Two Men in Benares
- Saleroom and date
- Sotheby's London, 2019
Figures are as published by the saleroom and are kept in the currency in which they were reported. A record is one exceptional work, not a price list.
How the house handles it
AB / SELLING
Then
A figure in writing
The house values against comparable public results for the same artist, period and medium, and sets them beside the figure so you can check the reasoning yourself.
And
A private sale
The work is offered quietly to collectors who are looking for it. If it does not sell, no public record exists to say so.
The house deals in modern and contemporary Indian art. A work more than a hundred years old is an antiquity under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972, which the house does not handle.
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Questions we are asked
AB / FAQ
What is the auction record for Bhupen Khakhar?
The highest price published for Bhupen Khakhar at public auction is $3.2 M, for Two Men in Benares, Sotheby's London, 2019. The figure is as published by the saleroom.
How do I sell a Bhupen Khakhar painting?
Send photographs of the front, the back and the signature, with any papers you hold. Arts Bespoke replies the same day with what it sees, and the opening assessment is not chargeable. A written valuation follows, with the comparable public results set beside the figure.
How do I know my Bhupen Khakhar is genuine?
A signature alone proves nothing. What carries weight is an unbroken ownership history, any exhibition or publication record, and an examination of the work itself. The house tells you plainly how strong the evidence is.
Is a record price what my painting is worth?
No. A record is the top of one artist's market, set by one exceptional work. Period, medium, size, condition and history decide where a particular work sits beneath it.
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Works from the house
AB / WORKS
Figures & portraits
Women dancing before a yellow moon
M. F. Husain. Five women, drawn in loose, flowing black line and washes of grey, dance with raised arms before a great yellow moon on a dark ground.
Devotional & narrative
Hanuman and the rising sun
Ramesh Gorjala. An ivory face, almost bare, takes the centre; a flat orange disc is held at its mouth and reads at once as the sun.
Abstract
A flame in the blue hour
Kiran. A square canvas held in deep ultramarine over a heavy black ground.
Devotional & narrative
The flute and the parrot
Prasad KVS. A blue figure, built from sharp-edged planes of ultramarine, scarlet and deep navy, plays a long bamboo flute while a green parrot perches on a red drape at the upper lef.
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