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RECORD SALE FOR SOUZA'S HOUSES IN HAMPSTEAD

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October 03, 2025

Goan artist Francis Newton Souza has set a new art world auction record with his landscape ‘Houses in Hampstead’ fetching over USD 7.5 million at a Sotheby's auction in London, nearly seven times its guide price.

- PTI

The ‘Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art’ auction on Tuesday also saw a second painting by the founding member of the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group go under the hammer for five times the estimated price, as ‘Emperor’ sold for USD 6.9 million.

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