Jangarh Singh Shyam Sotheby's New York

Jangarh Singh Shyam 1990, acrylic on paper 203x153 cm, collection Fondation Cartier.

Jangarh Singh Shyam, 1997, ink on paper, 56 x 71 cm, private collection Paris.

Tiger, acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, 1995, 75x60 cm, private collection USA.

Clifford Possum world record $ 2,400,000/ Sotheby's 2007

Painting by
Jangarh Singh Shyam Sotheby's New York
16 september 2010 realised $ 31,250

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Jangargh Singh Shyam : Paysage avec araignée, 1988. Gouache/paper on canvas, 220 x 155 cm, 86.6 x 61 in.Exhibition : Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Pompidou.

Press review
The New York Times
In recent years, contemporary non-metropolitan artists (the clumsy but preferred term for the artists formerly known as “folk”) have attracted interest at art fairs, though art critics say they are still immensely undervalued.
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Business Standard
In 2010, a 28” x 47” Jangarh Singh Shyam canvas estimated between Rs 2.3 lakh and Rs 3.2 lakh at Sotheby’s auction in London in March sold for Rs 6.4 lakh, and in July Herve Perdriolle sold two of the artist’s paper works to benefit his widow for Rs 7 lakh and Rs 8.4 lakh respectively.
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Livemint
In the September auction of South Asian art by Sotheby’s in New York, among the modernism of Husain and Padamsee, will lie a relatively unknown folk idiom. In a bold move, the auction house has included works by the Gond tribal artist Jangarh Singh Shyam in the same collection.
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The Telegraph
Don’t forget that collectors like Anupam also have a huge impact on the market. As Garimella says: “Anything that Anupam Poddar collects, others start collecting in India.” And as Perdriolle says: “The richness of these art forms is so vast that the potential is huge.”
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