Click to play videoNew Delhi: "Significant Indian Paintings' is one of a kind auction to be held in the capital later this month that will put 69 paintings by some of the biggest Indian artists - including Raja Ravi Varma, Rabanindranath Tagore and an original letter from Francis Newton Souza - under the hammer.
"The concept of this auction was to show our classical Indian painters doing things they aren't specially known for. They have been labeled national treasures so a lot of the paintings won't be exportable and we've clarified that to bidders," said Maher Dadha, Chairman and MD, Bid & Hammer Auctioneers.
The clause forbidding buyers from taking these national art treasures out of the country has been added following the debate over the London auction of 12 Tagore paintings by Sotheby's in June this year.
It is not just Tagore's works. Several other paintings including those of Raja Ravi Varma, Nicholas Roerich, Jamini Roy and Abanindranath Tagore would also come with the prohibitory non-exportable tag. And if that's a detriment to fetching higher prices for these works of art, the auctioneers say they do not mind.
The Raja Ravi Varma masterpiece a portraiture of a Tanjore maharaja carries a pre-bid price tag of Rs 1.5 crore and is quite unlike the master's style.
Others, however, like a FN Souza Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore do not have that embargo on them. But prohibition or not, the auction promises to grab eyeballs.
The public public preview for these masterpieces will take place between November 25 and 27 at the Russian cultural Center in the capital and the auction will take place on November 30.
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