Sotheby's auction: Works of five Bangladesh artists cross all expectations

Sotheby’s held a “Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art” auction in London, where seven works by five Bangladeshi masters—Zainul Abedin, Shahid Kabir, Mohammad Kibria, Rashid Choudhury, and Kalidas Karmakar—were sold, exceeding pre-sale estimates. A painting by Zainul Abedin fetched £50,800 against an estimate of £15,000–£20,000, while three works by Shahid Kabir sold for £53,340, far above the £7,500–£9,500 estimate. Artists Shahid Kabir and Kalidas Karmakar appeared at a Sotheby’s auction for the first time, and seven new records were set overall, including for Kabir, Karmakar, Francis Newton Souza, Ganesh Pyne, Laxman Shrestha, Laxman Pai, and Adeela Suleman.