12-27-2007, 05:57 PM
Hussain's depiction of Hanuman. with a pair shown copulating in it (Mahadev and Gauri? or Pavan and Anjana?)
Of course Hindooos should not feel offended. such depiction is tradition you know. ask Shashi Tharoor.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Are 25 Husains worth Rs 9 cr or Rs 50 cr?
Swati Deshpande | TNN
Mumbai: How much are 25 Husains worth â Rs 9 crore or Rs 50 crore? Thatâs the question before Bombay High Court.
 The 25 M F Husain paintings that industrialist Guru Swarup Srivastava bought for Rs 1 crore each may be worth only Rs 9 crore. Or so says an evaluation report submitted to the HC by two art professors. But the same canvases could fetch between Rs 42 crore and Rs 50 crore in the market, says another report submitted to the court.
 Srivastava, who shot to fame when he signed a deal with the celebrated artist to purchase 100 of his paintings for Rs 101 crore, was taken to court for allegedly not returning nearly Rs 149 crore to the National Agriculture Cooperative Federation of India (Nafed), which had given him a loan for his iron ore export business in 2004. As a result of this case, the valuable paintings became a bone of contention.
 IndusInd Bank had in July written to Srivastava that there was a danger of the paintings â stored in a locker â being ruined by the rains. Subsequently, the worth of these paintings came into focus. The HC asked both Swarup and Nafed to suggest names of experts to evaluate Husainâs works.
Nafed appointed a two-member valuation committee comprising art professor Vishwas Yande and Nina Rege. Another committee was appointed by Srivastava.
After inspecting the paintings on October 24, Yande and Rege, the two art professors, said in their report that all 25 works had been valued on the presumption that they were originals.
Whatâs interesting, however, is that of the 25 paintings, Yande says that seven are actually a part of one large canvas which has been cut into seven parts and given different titles such as âIndustrial Revolutionâ, âIslam Beyond Desertâ, âSleeping Manâ, âTwo Menâ, âN Y Gang and Chessâ, âShiv Parvati Ganeshâ.
Barring one work called âGandhiâ, which Yande and Rege valued between Rs 1-2 crore, the rest range from as low as Rs 18 lakh to the maximum of Rs 50 lakh. Together, the maximum value of all the 25 paintings together just about crosses Rs 9 crore.
The second report submitted by Aashish Vilekar, which also says that most of the paintings are in good condition, however rates the value at the âpresent market rate per square inch for Husainâs worksâ. He says art dealers offer prices between Rs 7523 per sq inch to Rs 8823 per sq inch and hence the 25 acrylic on canvas works could be worth between Rs 42 crore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Of course Hindooos should not feel offended. such depiction is tradition you know. ask Shashi Tharoor.
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/...g/Pc0091000.jpg
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news pasted below.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Are 25 Husains worth Rs 9 cr or Rs 50 cr?
Swati Deshpande | TNN
Mumbai: How much are 25 Husains worth â Rs 9 crore or Rs 50 crore? Thatâs the question before Bombay High Court.
 The 25 M F Husain paintings that industrialist Guru Swarup Srivastava bought for Rs 1 crore each may be worth only Rs 9 crore. Or so says an evaluation report submitted to the HC by two art professors. But the same canvases could fetch between Rs 42 crore and Rs 50 crore in the market, says another report submitted to the court.
 Srivastava, who shot to fame when he signed a deal with the celebrated artist to purchase 100 of his paintings for Rs 101 crore, was taken to court for allegedly not returning nearly Rs 149 crore to the National Agriculture Cooperative Federation of India (Nafed), which had given him a loan for his iron ore export business in 2004. As a result of this case, the valuable paintings became a bone of contention.
 IndusInd Bank had in July written to Srivastava that there was a danger of the paintings â stored in a locker â being ruined by the rains. Subsequently, the worth of these paintings came into focus. The HC asked both Swarup and Nafed to suggest names of experts to evaluate Husainâs works.
Nafed appointed a two-member valuation committee comprising art professor Vishwas Yande and Nina Rege. Another committee was appointed by Srivastava.
After inspecting the paintings on October 24, Yande and Rege, the two art professors, said in their report that all 25 works had been valued on the presumption that they were originals.
Whatâs interesting, however, is that of the 25 paintings, Yande says that seven are actually a part of one large canvas which has been cut into seven parts and given different titles such as âIndustrial Revolutionâ, âIslam Beyond Desertâ, âSleeping Manâ, âTwo Menâ, âN Y Gang and Chessâ, âShiv Parvati Ganeshâ.
Barring one work called âGandhiâ, which Yande and Rege valued between Rs 1-2 crore, the rest range from as low as Rs 18 lakh to the maximum of Rs 50 lakh. Together, the maximum value of all the 25 paintings together just about crosses Rs 9 crore.
The second report submitted by Aashish Vilekar, which also says that most of the paintings are in good condition, however rates the value at the âpresent market rate per square inch for Husainâs worksâ. He says art dealers offer prices between Rs 7523 per sq inch to Rs 8823 per sq inch and hence the 25 acrylic on canvas works could be worth between Rs 42 crore.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->