Jehangir Sabavala

Indian | 1922 - 2011

Jehangir Sabavala was an Indian Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1922. Numerous key galleries and museums such as DAG, New Delhi have featured Jehangir Sabavala's work in the past.Jehangir Sabavala's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 169 USD to 2,734,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2000 the record price for this artist at auction is 2,734,000 USD for The Journey of the Magi, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2025. In the past 12 months, their artworks have averaged 303,889 USD.Jehangir Sabavala has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Observer in February 2025. The artist died in 2011.

At Auction

Notable Lots

Storm ,1988

By Jehangir Sabavala

+80%

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Flight of the Egrets I - Jehangir Sabavala

Flight of the Egrets I ,2004

By Jehangir Sabavala

The Journey of the Magi - Jehangir Sabavala

The Journey of the Magi ,1963

By Jehangir Sabavala

+203%

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled ,1948

By Jehangir Sabavala

+15%

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Four Figures + Landscape - Jehangir Sabavala

Four Figures + Landscape ,2002

By Jehangir Sabavala

+280%

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Nocturne ,1965

By Jehangir Sabavala

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Past Exhibitions

Iconic: Masterpieces of Indian Modern Art Edition 04

DAG, New Delhi

New Delhi | India

Dec 21,2024 - Jan 30,2025

Remembering: 60 Years Of Gallery Chemould

Chemould Prescott Road

Mumbai | India

Oct 31,2023 - Nov 05,2023

Jehangir Sabavala: Pilgrim Souls, Soaring Skies, Crystalline Seas

Akara Contemporary

Colaba | Mumbai | India

Oct 29,2020 - Dec 10,2020

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Articles

Observer 26/02/2025

Beyond the usual high-profile auctions, there are twenty-seven galleries showing porcelain, textiles, sculpture, bronzes, paintings, prints and more.

ARTnews 25/09/2024

Concerns about a down auction market did not stop several notable sales from taking place during this year鈥檚 autumn edition of Asia Week New York.

Observer 25/09/2024

We've rounded up the other standout lots in Sotheby鈥檚 and Christie鈥檚 Asian Art Week sales.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Apart from looking back, Sabavala offers us a whole new range of works in startlingly vivid colors and imagery... 鈥�
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Sakshi Gallery

鈥� ..Sabavala`s visual depiction of nature are the visual equivalent of his emotions; an outlet for his sensationalist subject matter... 鈥�
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Gallery Artslndia

鈥� ..Far from sentimental, Sabavala`s paintings depict the ambivalence of nature with its transcending beauty and sublime magnitude masking, in comparison, the terrifying inconsequence of humankind... 鈥�
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Gallery Artslndia

鈥� ..Preferring to work in veiled, muted tones rather than pure colors, Sabavala`a work expresses the artist`s affinity to nature and classical influences... 鈥�
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鈥� ..Far from sentimental, Sabavala`s paintings express the magnitude and raw beauty of nature and humankind`s insignificance in comparison to it... 鈥�
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