Five of Subodh Gupta's works were sold at Wednesday's sale. His 2007 untitled work went for £601,250. His "Bucket" was sold for £121,250, "Magic Wands" for £169,250 and "Cotton Wicks for £15,000.

T.V. Santosh's two works were also interestingly rated. While an untitled went for £145,250 pounds, his "Peace Protest" went for an appreciable £20,000. A further key work was Rameshwar Broota's 1980 "Havaldar-III", which sold for £337,250.

Other strong modern works at the sale included Maqbool Fida Husain's 1970 untitled work and 1969 "Gandhi - Man of Peace". However, five out of the nine Husains went unsold or were withdrawn. Addressing another aspect of contemporary society, Ravinder Reddy's sculpture "Head" also did not find a buyer. Syed Haider Raza's 1965-1966 "Rajput House" sold for £97,250. Riyas Komu's "Dog in the Bush" went for £22,500.

The sale of 112 lots, of which a few were withdrawn or left unsold, was expected to realise in the excess of £3.7 million but garnered £5.4 million, including the buyer's premium.

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