kolkata sothebys day sale of contemporary art in london has seen some indian artists achieve tidy prices raqib shaws chrysanthemum beewhich was estimated at 80000120 000 has been picked up for 103250 and anish kapoors after marsyas with an estimate of 70000 90000 has sold for 109250 at the same time a subodh gupta untitled across seven seas sporting an estimate in the range of 40000 60000 has been bought out for 85250 in the same breath t v santoshs man made famine and the rats which was pegged at an estimate of 4000060 000 has gone for 121250 in step an anish kapoor untitled assessed to sell between 400000 and 600000 has been acquired for 481250 in an email to et from london mr james sevier of sothebys contemporary art department said the group of works by indian artists in our major sales of contemporary art in london once again performed exceptionally well seven of the nine works offered realised a price that was handsomely in excess of their presale high estimate we were particularly delighted with the new auction records established for anish kapoor in the evening sale and the leading pakistani contemporary artist rashid rana in the day salethe positive results confirm the continued and growing international interest in the indian contemporary art field were looking forward to building on this again in our contemporary sales in london in the autumn incidentally pakistans rashid rana work veil 6 which showed an estimate of 6000080 000 shot past the presale value and went for a whopping 325250 the international section was led by names like francis bacon anthony gormley richard prince and jeanmichel basquiat interestingly the basquiat masterpiece untitled from 198283 was sold on behalf of the rock band u2 for 5081 million the painting was acquired jointly by members of the band after it was first spotted by bassist adam clayton at robert miller gallery in new york the band acquired untitled in 1989 and it has since resided in their dublin studio a group for 12 works from the helga and walther lauffs collection performed well above expectations when they raised a total of 18983 million against a presale estimate of 6470 8930 million the breakdown of buyers by lots saw europe leading the way with 49 us at 39 asia 3 with other regions in the bracket of 8