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
F. N. Souza
1924 to 2002. What the public record shows, and how a particular work is valued against it.
The public record
AB / RECORD
- Record at auction
- $4.08 M
- The work
- Birth, 1955
- Saleroom and date
- Christie's New York, 17 Sep 2015
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 F. N. Souza?
The highest price published for F. N. Souza at public auction is $4.08 M, for Birth, 1955, Christie's New York, 17 Sep 2015. The figure is as published by the saleroom.
How do I sell an F. N. Souza 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 F. N. Souza 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.
Enquiries
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Works from the house
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Abstract
Cobalt currents, a gold seam
Prakash Bal Joshi. A canvas of moving blue: broad diagonal strokes in cobalt, ultramarine and pale sky-blue, scraped and dragged so the surface looks like water under wind, or silk folded o.
Landscape, nature & trees
Four elephants and the green tree
Chandra Morkonda. A great tree with rounded green crowns, each leaf veined in orange and gold, stands on a golden trunk at the left, over a ground of patterned triangles in orange and saff.
Devotional & narrative
Two bulls carrying the gods
Vivek Kumavat. Two stylised bulls meet face to face on a warm brown ground, set against a dark block pattern.
Abstract
Crimson rain on a lit field
Prakash Bal Joshi. A tall canvas worked almost entirely in one colour, from deep crimson to the palest rose, with the white ground left to show through in a few lit panels near the top.
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