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Raja Ravi Varma, ‘Narayani’, Circa 1890s and ‘The First Prince of Travancore’, Circa 1900s | 25th Anniversary Sale, 2-3 April 2025
Watch as Saffronart CEO Dinesh Vazirani delves into the significance of two masterful portraits by Raja Ravi Varma that tell the story of a promising royal marriage cut short.
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Sakti Burman, ‘Durga’, Circa 1995 | 25th Anniversary Sale, 2-3 April 2025
Watch as Saffronart Senior Vice President Punya Nagpal details how Sakti Burman's life experiences shape his brilliant oil on canvas from circa 1995.
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Amrita Sher-Gil, 'Still Life with Green Bottles and Apples', 1932 | 25th Anniversary Sale, 2-3 April 2025
Watch as Saffronart President and co-founder, Minal Vazirani, considers the significance of a charming still life painted by Amrita Sher-Gil while she was studying art in Paris in 1932. The work is one of the few still lifes by the artist in private hands and extremely rare to come up for auction.
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Tyeb Mehta, 'Trussed Bull', 1956 and 'Untitled', 2006 | 25th Anniversary Sale, 2-3 April 2025
Watch as Saffronart CEO Dinesh Vazirani traces Tyeb Mehta's extraordinary artistic journey through two seminal works that bookend his career—his groundbreaking 1956 painting of a trussed bull and his powerful 2006 depiction of a falling figure, which marks the pinnacle of his career.
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The Works of Ram Kumar | 25th Anniversary Sale, 2-3 April 2025
Saffronart Co-Founder and President Minal Vazirani leads us through Ram Kumar’s artistic journey from his poignant early figuration to later abstracted works, illuminating the strength of his composition in every era.
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Hemendranath Mazumdar | 'Untitled', Circa 1928 | 25th Anniversary Sale, 2-3 April 2025
Watch as Saffronart Co-Founder and President Minal Vazirani explains the technical genius on display in Hemendranath Mazumdar's untitled work from circa 1928.
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Edwin Lord Weeks, 'Lake at Oodeypore, India', Circa 1893 | 25th Anniversary Sale, 2-3 April 2025
Watch as Saffronart CEO Dinesh Vazirani reflects on an atmospheric painting of Udaipur's Lake Pichola by acclaimed American Orientalist Edwin Lord Weeks, likely inspired by his visit to the city on his second journey to India in the late 19th century.
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F N Souza, 'Supper at Emmaus', 1987 | 25th Anniversary Sale, 2-3 April 2025
Watch as Saffronart CEO Dinesh Vazirani examines the significance of F N Souza's monumental 1987 painting of the Supper at Emmaus, a unique interpretation of Caravaggio's 17th-century Baroque masterpiece.
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