NEW DELHI: A monumental mural inspired by Buddhist monastic traditions and estimated to fetch about Rs 10 crore at an upcoming auction is expected to put Delhi-based Arpita Singh as the country’s most expensive woman artist .
“The Wish Dream” – a 16 panel mural sized 24 ft x 13 ft – executed by Singh in the year 2001 is set to go under the hammer in the two-day Saffronart modern and contemporary winter auction beginning December 8.
While the 73-year-old artist’s paintings portray a woman’s point of view about life in India, the featured work in the auction is said to have been inspired by a Tibetan play.
Previously in June contemporary Indian artist Bharti Kher’s fibreglass and bindi elephant sculpture fetched Rs 6.94 crore at the Sotheby’s auction.
Meanwhile the upcoming auction features a selection of 100 works by 45 Indian artists.
Highlights of this sale include modern masters such as SH Raza, FN Souza, Ram Kumar and Akbar Padamsee alongside some of the biggest names in contemporary Indian art like Surendran Nair, Subodh Gupta, Shibu Natesan and N S Harsha.
