Rameshwar Broota remains among the top three in the list for the second consecutive year. His artwork named ‘Silent Structures’ was the third most expensive artwork auctioned in the last year.
Brooota emerged as the biggest hitter of the auction.
Rameshwar Broota rose to second spot on the "Hurun India Art List 2020” that ranks top 50 living Indian artists by the sale of their works sold at public auctions in the year ending 31 December 2019. The list is based on data by Artprice, the world’s largest compiler of art statistics.
Rameshwar Broota’s 1987 painting was among the top sales at the Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary South Asian ArtAuction. The painting titled ‘Prisoner of War’ fetched 182,500GBP, more than the double of its high estimate.
Rameshwar Broota’s artwork titled “Queue”(year 1970-1, Oil on Canvas, 69.7 X 48.4 in) was one of the top three sales of OSIAN’s auction “Creative India Series 2 – The Punjab & Delhi” at 8,760,000 INR (168, 462 USD.) Also sold on a premium was a rare set of etchings completed during a brief period of experimentation with print making.
