Lot 35, Yan Pei MING (né en 1960) ESQUISSE D'UNE TETE, 1989 Huile sur toile, 55 x 46 cm, Estimation: 50 000 - 70 000 €



Lot 9, Steven PARRINO (1958-2005), DEBBIES DOES DALLAS, 1987, Acrylique sur toile
signée, titrée et datée "1987" au dos, 92 x 92 cm, Estimation 80 000 - 100 000 €



Lot 42, DUBOSSARSKY & VINOGRADOV (nés en 1963 et 1964), ELVIS, 2004, Huile sur toile, 195 x 145 cm, Estimation 60 000 - 80 000 €



Lot 46 Chéri SAMBA (né en 1956), FEV 91 ET SON GRAND HUMOUR, 1991, Acrylique sur toile, 150 x 200 cm, Estimation 40 000 - 50 000 €

Subodh Gupta, (né en 1964) "Vehicle for the Seven Seas", (lot 43 catalogue 1) 2004, 1 Chariot en Bronze à patine doré + 3 valises-sculptures en aluminium, Edition de 2 + AP, Dimensions variables, Provenance : Galerie In Situ, Paris.

WORLD RECORD FOR THE INDIAN ARTIST SUBODH GUPTA
ON APRIL 3RD, 2008 at ARTCURIAL Briest-Poulain-F.Tajan.

Subodh Gupta's 2004 work 'Vehicle For The Seven Seas' fetched € 502,330 ($785,243), setting a world record for the artist, more than three times its estimate under the hammer at Artcurial, Paris.
A packed saleroom saw fierce bidding between the room and a number of international telephones for this emblematic sculpture by Subodh Gupta which was sold to a French collector in the room.
'Vehicle For The Seven Seas', 2004, composed of a trolley cast in bronze with gold patina and three aluminium sculpture-suitcases, was estimated € 140,000-180,000.
The previous record for the artist was established in Hong Kong on November 25th, 2007 with an untitled painting ( 167 x 229,3 cm) going for $494,308.
This world auction record is also the best second world record for Indian contemporary art (artists born after 1950). N S Harsha with 'Mass Mariage' (168x290 cm) painted in 2003 achieved $ 833,483, the first highest price, in Hong Kong in 2007.

In Vehicle for the Seven Seas, Subodh Gupta focuses on recent changes in the ordinary rural milieu from which he came. In this poor, traditional society, each individualis suddendly faced with the precarious nature of the migratory movements. The incessant comings and goings between the country and the city, between India and the rest of the world, have imposed on a traditionally sedentary population the unlimited insecurity of being between two worlds. In this infinitely distended outdoor space, baggage replaces intimacy. The objects it contains create the fixed landscape of our wanderings.

Avec Vehicle for the Seven Seas, Subodh Gupta s’intéresse tout particulièrement aux mutations récentes que subit le milieu rural et ordinaire dont il est issu. Dans ce monde pauvre et traditionaliste, chaque individu s’est vu soudainement livré à la précarité des flux migratoires. Le va-et-vient incessant entre la campagne et la ville, entre l’Inde et le Monde, livre une population traditionnellement sédentaire à l’insécurité illimitée de l’entre-deux terres. Dans ce dehors infiniment distendu, le bagage tient lieu d’intimité. Les objets qu’il contient forment le paysage fixe de nos errances.

Artcurial, Hôtel Dassault, 7 Rond Point des Champs Elysées, Paris

Spécialistes art contemporain Artcurial : Martin Guesnet, directeur, Hugues Sebilleau, Arnaud Oliveux. Consultant Inde : Hervé Perdriolle



ARTCURIAL AUCTION APRIL 2009
Contemporary Art, Artcurial Auction Sale Paris, April 21, 2009
Artcurial presents a major work of Jivya Soma Mashe, the legendary Warli artist.


Lot 405, Jivya Soma Mashe "Double Fisherman" 2008
acrylic and cowdung on canvas, 237 x 138 cm, 93.3 x 54.3 inches, estimate 7500 - 8500 €

This painting of Jivya Soma Mashe (Lot 405) will be exhibited at the Hotel Dassault, 7 Rond-point des Champs-Elysées (14 to 20 April, 11 am to 19 pm) alongside other works in this sale including those of Douglas Gordon, Andy Goldsworthy, ...
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