With a stunning, expansive retrospective spanning over 100 works, Mumbai plays host to a familiar city icon whose canvases and shadow looms large over India’s modernist aesthetic and sensibilities

Sayed Haider Raza, Prabhat (2003), $150,000 to $250,000 estimate, is due to be sold at Christie's South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Auction in New York on March 19, 2025. Acrylic On Canvas' Acrylic On Canvas, 99.7 x 100.0cm. The work has been traded once in the past.

Sayed Haider Raza, Cantique (1971), $60,000 to $80,000 estimate, is due to be sold at Christie's South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Auction in New York on March 19, 2025. Acrylic On Board, 49.8 x 64.8cm. The work has been traded once in the past.

Sayed Haider Raza, Soir à Espinouse (1961) is due to be sold at Christie's in New York on March 19, 2025 with a $1.2m estimate.

Sayed Haider Raza, The Inner Eye (2002), sold for $27,900, more than the low estimate at Saffronart, Online. Acrylic On Canvas Board, 34.0 x 26.5cm. The work has been traded twice in the past.

Sayed Haider Raza, Bindu La Paix (1991), $100,000 to $150,000 estimate, is due to be sold at Christie's South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Auction in New York on March 19, 2025. Acrylic On Canvas, 80.0 x 79.7cm. The work has not been traded before.

Sayed Haider Raza, Black Sun (Le Soleil Noir) (1953), $300,000 to $500,000 estimate, is due to be sold at Christie's South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Auction in New York on March 19, 2025. Gouache On Paper, 46.0 x 48.0cm. The work has been traded twice in the past.

An ongoing Delhi exhibition of over 60 works, showcases Sayed Haider Raza’s final phase of artistic and spiritual exploration, and his signature geometric abstr

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I hoped to learn the answer during my brief arty sojourn in the city.

The report is based on messages from potential collectors to galleries about artworks they are interested in purchasing, the survey.In recent years, artworks from India have seen an upswing in overseas recognition and interest in both the established and emerging segments of the market.

Since its opening in 2017, the museum has showcased how trade and artistic exchanges connected India with the rest of the world.Ann Sasidharan, operations team leader at the museum, said India's influence spans centuries.

Works by Sayed Haider Raza and Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin were among the 67% of lots selling above their low estimate at Bonhams 'Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art' auction on December 10 in London. The sale totaled $7.42m (GBP5.82m), exceeding the pre-sale high estimate.

Sayed Haider Raza, La Terre (1985), sold for $4.22m, more than twice the low estimate at Bonhams, London. Acrylic On Canvas, 200.0 x 200.0cm. The work has been traded 3 times in the past.

Sayed Haider Raza, Hiver (1964), sold for $32,900, more than twice the low estimate at Sotheby's, Online. Oil On Canvas, 41.0 x 27.2cm. The work has been traded twice in the past.

Sayed Haider Raza, Om (2007), $39,700 to $59,500 estimate, is due to be sold at Saffronart WINTER ONLINE AUCTION in Mumbai on December 18, 2024. Acrylic On Canvas, 49.0 x 49.0cm. The work has not been traded before.

Syed Haider Raza, an iconic Indian artist of the 20th and early 21st centuries, embeds spirituality and dense symbolism within his paintings.

Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) was a key figure in the founding of the Progressive Artists' Group (PAG) in 1947, alongside iconic artists Syed Haider Raza, K. H. Ara, Maqbool Fida Husain, H. A. Gade, and S. K. Bakre.

His abstract works, inspired by the randomness of daily life, have been showcased in prestigious galleries across India, the US, and the UK.

At 99, he remains just as devoted to the pursuit of art as he was more than 40 years ago when he spent four years (1980-84) painting the mammoth and detailed The Great Procession on the ceiling of the lobby of the ITC Maurya in New Delhi.