Indian sculpture auctioned for 1,945,250 pounds
Published July 3rd, 2008
The untitled sculpture by Anish Kapoor rose above its pre-sale estimate of 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 pounds at a Sotheby’s London auction last night. This price represents a new auction record for the Mumbai-born artist.
Untitled is one of the largest of Kapoor’s alabaster works and the first double-concave piece to come to auction. Other significant prices were achieved included Subodh Gupta’s Untitled from 2005 for 201,25 pounds and Bharti Kher’s Misdemeanours which was sold for 75,650 pounds.
