LONDON.- Hot on the heels of the landmark Amaya Collection, its first Evening Auction of Indian art, Sotheby‟s has sourced an exceptional line-up of works – many fresh to the market and with outstanding provenances – for its Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art sale in London on 11th June. In this, the centenary year of his birth, the sale will feature two magnificent works by Maqbool Fida Husain which are offered at auction for the first time one from the collection of a former Indian Ambassador. Other highlights will include Vasudeo S. Gaitondes recently discovered masterpiece, the luminous Painting No.1, previously in the collection of the great international champion of Indian art John D. Rockefeller III, as well as important
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