Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled (Gram Yatra) (1954), $2.5m to $3.5m estimate, is due to be sold at Christie's South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Auction in New York on March 19, 2025. Oil On Canvas, 90.2 x 422.6cm. The work has been traded twice in the past.
"In the 80s and 90s, black women artists were not part of the mainstream debate," Lubaina Himid recalls, as she prepares to represent Britain at the next Venice Biennale. "The YBAs were incredibly strong and making very dynamic work that spoke to the moment."
Marie Spartali Stillman, Mia suora Rachel (1987), $125,700 to $188,600 estimate, is due to be sold at Bonhams 19th Century and British Impressionist Art Auction in London on March 26, 2025. Watercolour And Gouache With Gum Arabic, 68.6 x 61.0cm. The work has been traded 3 times in the past.
Sir William Russell Flint, Toil at dawn, $25,100 to $37,700 estimate is due to be sold at Bonhams 19th Century and British Impressionist Art Auction in London on March 26, 2025. Oil On Canvas, 94.0 x 100.0cm. The work has been traded 3 times in the past.
Here, the traditional norms of photography are stretched, blended and broken—moments are layered and spliced together to reflect emotions that are fragmented, and stories unfold in pieces rather than a single shot.