London, Oct 2 (PTI) 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.

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.

In all, five of his works that were in the sale this week fetched a total of over USD 14.6 million, with the overall auction total that also included artists Vasudeo Gaitonde, M.F. Husain, Syed Haider Raza, Ganesh Pyne, Jagdish Swaminathan and Narayan Shridhar Bendre, fetching USD 25.5 million.

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