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  • Sakti Burman_Les trois grâces
    Jul. 16, 2026

    Sakti Burman_Les trois grâces

    Est: ¥100,000 - ¥150,000

    Sakti Burman_Les trois grâces, lithograph in colours, signed in pencil, numbered E.A. V/XXX, framed (not examined out of the frame), [Condition] rippling

    Mallet Auction
  • Sakti Burman, La Comedie Humaine
    Jul. 13, 2026

    Sakti Burman, La Comedie Humaine

    Est: $1,000,000 - $1,500,000

    Sakti Burman 1935- La Comedie Humaine oil on canvas 2008 Height 63.75in. Width 51.25in Height 162cm. Width 130cm.

    ARTIANA
  • Sakti Burman, Woman with a Bird
    Jul. 13, 2026

    Sakti Burman, Woman with a Bird

    Est: $150,000 - $250,000

    Sakti Burman 1935- Woman with a Bird oil on canvas 1992 Height 23.75in. Width 20in Height 60cm. Width 51cm.

    ARTIANA
  • Sakti Burman, Untitled
    Jul. 13, 2026

    Sakti Burman, Untitled

    Est: $7,000 - $10,000

    Sakti Burman 1935- Untitled watercolour on paper painted circa 1990s Height 19.75in. Width 25.5in Height 50cm. Width 65cm.

    ARTIANA
  • Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) The Peacock
    Jun. 18, 2026

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) The Peacock

    Est: €150,000 - €200,000

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) The Peacock Oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm Signed lower left, titled and signed on the back *** Oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed and titled on the reverse, 31⅞ × 39⅜ in. Provenance : Private collection. Millon sale, June 27, 2012, no. 270. Born in Calcutta in 1935, Sakti Burman trained at the Government College of Arts and Crafts in his native city before entering the École nationale des beaux-arts in Paris, where he was awarded the Prix des Étrangers in 1956. A trip to Italy in 1958, where he came into contact with the frescoes of Giotto, Piero della Francesca and Simone Martini, had a lasting influence on his pictorial research. Returning to India after completing his training, he nevertheless chose to settle permanently in Paris in the 1960s, where his singular style blossomed. His technique is based on a marbling fusion of oil and acrylic, producing surfaces that evoke the ancient plasterwork of Buddhist caves or the frescoes of Hindu temples. On these textured backgrounds, figures drawn from Indian and European mythologies, domestic scenes and dreamlike landscapes come to life, superimposing personal memory, spirituality and the Western imagination. This hybridization - between East and West, dream and reality, figuration and ornament - is the essence of a body of work that is both meditative and virtuosic in its use of color. Burman has exhibited worldwide, including at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the Piccadilly Gallery in London and the Galleria Nuovo Sagittario in Milan. A major traveling retrospective, The Wonder of it All, was organized in 2012 by Pundole Art Gallery and Apparao Galleries in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

    Millon & Associes
  • SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935) UNTITLED, SIGNED "SAKTI BURMAN" ON LOWER RIGHT, PEN ON PAPER
    May. 21, 2026

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935) UNTITLED, SIGNED "SAKTI BURMAN" ON LOWER RIGHT, PEN ON PAPER

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935) UNTITLED, SIGNED "SAKTI BURMAN" ON LOWER RIGHT, PEN ON PAPER 10 x 7.5 inches Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist Ex Dhoomimal Gallery  Property of a Gentleman

    PLAKAS
  • SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935) UNTITLED, SIGNED "SAKTI BURMAN" ON LOWER CENTER, WATERCOLOUR, PEN & INK ON PA
    May. 21, 2026

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935) UNTITLED, SIGNED "SAKTI BURMAN" ON LOWER CENTER, WATERCOLOUR, PEN & INK ON PA

    Est: £1,200 - £1,600

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935) UNTITLED, SIGNED "SAKTI BURMAN" ON LOWER CENTER, WATERCOLOUR, PEN & INK ON PAPER 8 x 8.5 inches Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist Ex Dhoomimal Gallery  Property of a Gentleman

    PLAKAS
  • Burman, Sakti 1935 Kalkutta
    May. 09, 2026

    Burman, Sakti 1935 Kalkutta

    Est: -

    Burman, Sakti 1935 Kalkutta Ohne Titel. Signiert. Aquarellierte Zeichnung. 31 x 24,5 cm.

    Dusseldorfer Auktionshaus
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Trio à la harpie Lithograph
    Mar. 31, 2026

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Trio à la harpie Lithograph

    Est: €300 - €500

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Trio à la harpie Lithograph 76 x 54 cm in the margin and 57 x 45 cm in the image Justified lower right Sakti Burman in pencil Annotated Artist's proof lower left in pencil "If lithography was a means of subsistence for Burman in his early years, it was never for him 'alienated labor', in the Marxist sense of repetitive, exploitative, survival-oriented toil, and therefore detached from all subjectivity. On the contrary, printmaking [...] is for him a laboratory, not of the finished work, but of the work in the making." Ranjit Hoskote, In the Presence of Another Sky. The Confluential Art of Sakti Burman, Mumbai, 2017, pp. 82-83. Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s. Sakti BURMAN (né en 1935) Trio à la harpie Lithographie 76 x 54 cm à la marge et 57 x 45 cm à l'image Justifié en bas à droite Sakti Burman au crayon Annoté Epreuve d'artiste en bas à gauche au crayon « Si la lithographie a constitué un moyen de subsistance pour Burman à ses débuts, jamais elle ne fut pour lui un ‘travail aliéné’, au sens marxiste d’un labeur répétitif, exploité, tourné vers la survie, et donc détaché de toute subjectivité. Au contraire, l’estampe [...] est pour lui un laboratoire, non pas de l’œuvre finie, mais de l’œuvre en devenir. » Ranjit Hoskote, In the Presence of Another Sky. The Confluential Art of Sakti Burman, Mumbai, 2017, pp. 82-83. Provenance : Collection de Madame D. Barbier, acquis auprès de l'artiste dans les années 1990.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Lithograph 76 x 53.5 cm in the margin and 59 x 42 cm in the image Numbered in pencil lower left 129/140, justified lower right Sakti Burman Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s.
    Mar. 31, 2026

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Lithograph 76 x 53.5 cm in the margin and 59 x 42 cm in the image Numbered in pencil lower left 129/140, justified lower right Sakti Burman Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s.

    Est: €300 - €500

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Lithograph 76 x 53.5 cm in the margin and 59 x 42 cm in the image Numbered in pencil lower left 129/140, justified lower right Sakti Burman Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s. Sakti BURMAN (né en 1935) Lithographie 76 x 53,5 cm à la marge et 59 x 42 cm à l'image Numéroté au crayon en bas à gauche 129/140, justifié en bas à droite Sakti Burman Provenance : Collection de Madame D. Barbier, acquis auprès de l'artiste dans les années 1990.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Femmes sur la terrasse Lithograph
    Mar. 31, 2026

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Femmes sur la terrasse Lithograph

    Est: €300 - €500

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Femmes sur la terrasse Lithograph 65 x 49 cm in the margin and 50 x 41 cm in the image Justified Artist's proof in pencil lower left, signed lower right in pencil Sakti Burman Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s. Sakti BURMAN (né en 1935) Femmes sur la terrasse Lithographie 65 x 49 cm à la marge et 50 x 41 cm à l'image Justifié Epreuve d'artiste au crayon en bas à gauche, signé en bas à droite au crayon Sakti Burman. Provenance : Collection de Madame D. Barbier, acquis auprès de l'artiste dans les années 1990.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (born 1935)
    Mar. 31, 2026

    Sakti BURMAN (born 1935)

    Est: €300 - €500

    Sakti BURMAN (born 1935) Jester & Acrobat Lithograph 48 x 65 cm in the margin Signed 'Sakti Burman' lower right Justified in Roman numerals lower right 34/35 Sakti BURMAN (né en 1935) Jester & Acrobate Lithographie 48 x 65 cm à la marge Signé 'Sakti Burman' en bas à droite Justifié en chiffres romain en bas à droite 34/35

    Millon & Associes
  • Les Magiciens Sakti Burman 1935 -
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Les Magiciens Sakti Burman 1935 -

    Est: $150,000 - $250,000

    Sakti Les Magiciens

    ARTIANA
  • Untitled Sakti Burman 1935 -
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Untitled Sakti Burman 1935 -

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    Sakti Untitled

    ARTIANA
  • Temptation Sakti Burman 1935 -
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Temptation Sakti Burman 1935 -

    Est: $80,000 - $120,000

    Sakti Temptation

    ARTIANA
  • Still Life with Flowers Sakti Burman 1935 -
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Still Life with Flowers Sakti Burman 1935 -

    Est: $40,000 - $60,000

    Sakti Still Life with Flowers

    ARTIANA
  • Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Circus in the Village
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Circus in the Village

    Est: €300 - €500

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Circus in the Village Lithograph 54 x 54 cm Justified and signed at bottom 43/175 Sakti Burman.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Women of Colmar
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Women of Colmar

    Est: €300 - €500

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Women of Colmar Lithograph 55 x 44 cm Justified and signed in pencil below Sakti Burman Artist's proof.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) BURMAN (Sakti) & TAGORE (Rabindranath) & GIDE (André). L'Offrande lyrique.
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) BURMAN (Sakti) & TAGORE (Rabindranath) & GIDE (André). L'Offrande lyrique.

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) BURMAN (Sakti) & TAGORE (Rabindranath) & GIDE (André). L'Offrande lyrique. Selected poems translated from English by André Gide. sl, Les Pharmaciens Bibliophiles, 1993. "With an original ballpoint pen drawing on paper, signed, localized and dated lower right Sakti Burman Paris 6.11.2003. 21 x 29.5 cm In-folio in ff., 96 pp., in embossed, filled folder and blue velvet slipcase. 15 color lithographs, 5 on double page, by Burman. Edition of 190 numbered copies on Rives vellum, nominative copy no. 15, signed by the artist on the colophon. Provenance : Collection of Madame D. Barbier, friend of the artist, member of the Pharmaciens bibliophiles, and co-editor of the work. Bibliography: R. Hoskote, In the Presence of Another Sky, The Confluential Art of Sakti Burman, Mumbai, 2017, pp. 88, 89, 91-97 (reproduced)."

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Harlequin, 1973
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Harlequin, 1973

    Est: €3,000 - €5,000

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Harlequin, 1973 Mixed media on paper 62 x 49 cm Signed lower right Sakti Burman. Dedicated and dated in pencil lower left "" to my friends Simone and Bijayda, 29.9.(19)73"". Provenance: Private collection, gift of the artist. Produced in 1973, this work belongs to the pivotal period when Sakti Burman explored drawing and watercolor as a means of graphic freedom. The artist combines a light touch with a sense of composition inherited from Indian miniatures. The central horse, a recurring motif in her work, is here animated with graceful movement, surrounded by evanescent figures and a flute player. Using fluid inks and gold highlights, Burman conjures up almost accidental forms, oscillating between appearance and erasure. Produced in 1973, this work belongs to the pivotal period when Sakti Burman explored drawing and watercolor as a means of graphic freedom. The artist combines a light touch with a sense of composition inherited from Indian miniatures. The personal dedication to Simone and Bijayda lends this sheet an intimate value and a particular documentary interest.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Woman with bird, (19)92
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Woman with bird, (19)92

    Est: €40,000 - €60,000

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Woman with bird, (19)92 Oil on canvas 60 x 51 cm Signed lower right Sakti Burman Provenance : Private collection.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Swing
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Swing

    Est: €50,000 - €60,000

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) Swing Oil on canvas 64 x 52 cm Signed lower center Sakti Burman Provenance : Private collection. Acquired on February 23, 1988 from Jean and Régine Minet, Galerie d'art de la Place Beauvau, Paris, during the artist's solo exhibition organized from February 23 to March 20, 1988. In this poetic, dreamlike composition, two figures seated on a swing answer each other under a canopy, in the heart of a lush garden. A subtle symmetry structures the whole: trees, figures and birds establish a network of visual echoes that lend the scene a singular harmony. The iridescent colors, delicately modeled faces and frontal composition reflect the dual influence of Indian miniatures and the masters of the Italian Renaissance. This work is part of Burman's 1980s research into the unity between man and nature, in a register where mythical narrative and visual reverie come together.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) On the balcony
    Dec. 15, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) On the balcony

    Est: €40,000 - €60,000

    Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) On the balcony Oil on canvas 50 x 61 cm Signed lower center Sakti Burman Slightly oiled Provenance : Private collection, France. Acquired from Robert Hanoune, Montmorency, April 14, 1979. "Born in Calcutta in 1935, Sakti Burman studied at the Government College of Art and Craft before obtaining a scholarship from the French government, which enabled him to continue his training at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he settled permanently from the 1960s. Although deeply rooted in the European artistic context, his work remains permeated by the resonances of his Indian heritage. During a trip to Italy in 1958, his discovery of the frescoes of Giotto, Piero della Francesca and Simone Martini marked a turning point in his practice. He drew inspiration from them to develop a singular technique combining marbling and pointillism, giving his canvases the appearance of ancient frescoes, as if sculpted in memory. He combines oils and acrylics to produce textured surfaces reminiscent of stone or frescoes erased by time. His instantly recognizable pictorial universe blends Hindu mythologies and Italian Renaissance references, childhood memories and familiar figures, creating a dreamlike world populated by harlequins, divinities, musicians and fabulous animals. His richly symbolic compositions often take the form of windows opening onto the imaginary. Floating curtains and painted frames are just some of the thresholds crossed by the eye. Described as an "alchemist of dreams", Sakti Burman's work is suspended between myth and reality, celebration and meditation, East and West. Her paintings, both poetic and spiritual, weave a dialogue between cultures, nourished as much by the Buddhist caves of Ajantâ as by European Baroque allegories. Since his first solo show in Calcutta in 1954, he has exhibited in the major art capitals - Paris, London, Milan, Zurich, New York, Mumbai - and has been the subject of numerous retrospectives. Today, he is recognized as one of the leading artists on the modern Indo-French scene."

    Millon & Associes
  • WITHDRAWN LOT
    Oct. 24, 2025

    WITHDRAWN LOT

    Est: £400 - £600

    WITHDRAWN LOT

    Roseberys
  • Sakti Burman_Balancoire
    Oct. 02, 2025

    Sakti Burman_Balancoire

    Est: ¥2,000,000 - ¥3,000,000

    Sakti Burman_Balancoire, oil on canvas, signed (lower centre), framed (not examined out of the frame)

    Mallet Auction
  • Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting
    Sep. 18, 2025

    Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting. Measures 49 x 42.5 Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact.

    Greenwich Auction
  • SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). The Artist Painting Adam and Eve. oil on canvas43 7
    Sep. 17, 2025

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). The Artist Painting Adam and Eve. oil on canvas43 7

    Est: $120,000 - $180,000

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). The Artist Painting Adam and Eve. oil on canvas43 7/8 x 57 in. (111.4 x 144.8 cm.).

    Christie's
  • SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). Untitled (Le Cirque). oil on canvas36 3/8 x 28 ¾ in
    Sep. 17, 2025

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). Untitled (Le Cirque). oil on canvas36 3/8 x 28 ¾ in

    Est: $70,000 - $100,000

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). Untitled (Le Cirque). oil on canvas36 3/8 x 28 ¾ in. (92.4 x 73 cm.).

    Christie's
  • Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting
    Sep. 04, 2025

    Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting. Measures 49 x 42.5 Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact.

    Greenwich Auction
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Acrobat
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Acrobat

    Est: €40,000 - €60,000

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Acrobat Oil on canvas 33 x 41 cm Signed lower right SAKTI BURMAN Contre signed and titled on back, 1327 Label on back Galleria nuovo sagittario, Milano, dated 1973 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist. Provenance: Private collection, France Sale Casa d'Aste Pandolfini June 19, 2024, no. 79 Galleria nuovo sagittario, Milan Resale rights will be charged to the buyer. Sakti Burman's spirit is one of poetic, inner meditation, harmonies of sound, dreams and reflections. The result is an image full of color, fantasy, fragmented patterns and narratives, and, at the same time, an invitation to a discreet, silent and joyful contemplation of reality." Luc Calvero, Sakti Burman, Paris, 1984. In this marbled, dreamlike composition, Sakti Burman conjures up a world suspended between dream and reality: the acrobat, balancing on a toy horse, seems to float in a fairytale world, populated by female figures and enchanted landscapes, where memory and childhood intertwine in a poetic fresco.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) The Enchanted Garden
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) The Enchanted Garden

    Est: €40,000 - €60,000

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) The Enchanted Garden Acrylic on canvas 60 x 74 cm Signed middle right Sakti Burman Titled on back of stretcher Provenance: French private collection. I don't paint dreams, I paint in a dream", said Sakti Burman, and this work seems to embody this inner journey. In The Enchanted Garden, Sakti Burman composes a dreamlike scene on the border between myth and dream. A naked, blue female figure stands in the center, staring, almost transfixed. Her flesh seems to merge with the bark of the world: scattered with floral or organic motifs, she appears to emerge from the material. Around her, other ambiguous figures - statues topped with flowers, beings with pale faces and bluish bodies - seem to evolve in a suspended space, half-theatrical, half-sacred. The almost choral presence of red in the background frames the scene like a dramatic curtain.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (born 1935) Jester& Acrobat
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (born 1935) Jester& Acrobat

    Est: €500 - €800

    Sakti BURMAN (born 1935) Jester& Acrobat Lithograph 60 x 48 cm Signed 'Sakti Burman' lower right Justified in Roman numerals lower right 34/35

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Lithograph 76 x 53.5 cm in the margin and 59 x 42 cm in the image
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Lithograph 76 x 53.5 cm in the margin and 59 x 42 cm in the image

    Est: €500 - €800

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Lithograph 76 x 53.5 cm in the margin and 59 x 42 cm in the image Numbered in pencil lower left 129/140, justified lower right Sakti Burman Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Femmes sur la terrasse
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Femmes sur la terrasse

    Est: €500 - €800

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Femmes sur la terrasse Lithograph 65 x 49 cm in the margin and 50 x 41 cm in the image Justified Artist's proof in pencil lower left, signed lower right in pencil Sakti Burman Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Trio à la harpie
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Trio à la harpie

    Est: €500 - €800

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Trio à la harpie Lithograph 76 x 54 cm in the margin and 57 x 45 cm in the image Justified lower right Sakti Burman in pencil Annotated Artist's proof lower left in pencil. "If lithography was a means of subsistence for Burman in his early years, it was never for him 'alienated labor', in the Marxist sense of repetitive, exploitative, survival-oriented toil, and therefore detached from all subjectivity. On the contrary, printmaking [...] is for him a laboratory, not of the finished work, but of the work in the making." Ranjit Hoskote, In the Presence of Another Sky. The Confluential Art of Sakti Burman, Mumbai, 2017, pp. 82-83. Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Untitled
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Untitled

    Est: €4,000 - €6,000

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Untitled Mixed media, watercolor and pencil on paper 64.5 x 49.5 cm Signed lower right Sakti Burman With the finesse of an illuminator and the freedom of a storyteller, Sakti Burman presents a translucent dove, a monumental figure of peace, charged with faces and floating memories. Beside it, a face with a fixed gaze emerges. The background is reduced to a few sketched architectural volumes. On the edge of the visible and the dream, this suspended vision evokes the inner journey, in a faded landscape where memory settles in light layers. Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Reflection of Memory (le miroir), 1988 Oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Reflection of Memory (le miroir), 1988 Oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm

    Est: €60,000 - €80,000

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) Reflection of Memory (le miroir), 1988 Oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm Signed lower middle Sakti Burman Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990s. Barbier, acquired from the artist in the 1990's. Exhibition: Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay, 2001, reproduced in catalog pl. 45. The catalog will be sent to the purchaser. A sensation from the outside world suddenly reaches me and overwhelms me. My emotions become so intense that I need to give them a form in order to free myself. For me, a painting is an explanation I owe myself. Silence and meditation have opened up a world where nothing is impossible. A vital force suddenly takes hold of me and compels me to express myself, to define what I see. Then comes the joy of work, the pleasure of handling the colors that fascinate me. My love of life is only fully realized when I transpose it onto canvas. It's an intense joy" (Artist's statement, "Indian Painters in Paris", Lalit Kala Contemporary 4, New Delhi, 1966, p. 12) Reflection of Memory belongs to a period of full maturity for the artist, when his plastic language is fully asserted: diaphanous figures, evanescent atmospheres, pastel palettes nuanced with marbled textures, obtained through his fresco-inspired transfer technique. Around a central mirror where two faces merge, the artist orchestrates a saturated theater of the intimate, where centaurs and musicians emerge, where everyday objects become symbols.Here, he combines influences from India, Renaissance Italy and the medieval Western imagination, in a visual grammar of his own, where the marvelous always emerges from the familiar. Born in Calcutta in 1935, Sakti Burman studied at the Government College of Art and Craft before obtaining a French government scholarship that enabled him to continue his training at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he settled permanently from the 1960s. Although deeply rooted in the European artistic context, his work remains permeated by the resonances of his Indian heritage. During a trip to Italy in 1958, the discovery of the frescoes of Giotto, Piero della Francesca and Simone Martini marked a turning point in his practice. He drew inspiration from them to develop a singular technique combining marbling and pointillism, giving his canvases the appearance of ancient frescoes, as if sculpted in memory. His immediately recognizable pictorial universe blends Hindu mythologies and Italian Renaissance references, childhood memories and familiar figures, creating a dreamlike world populated by harlequins, divinities, musicians and fabulous animals. His richly symbolic compositions often take the form of windows opening onto the imaginary. Described as an "alchemist of dreams", Sakti Burman's work is suspended between myth and reality, celebration and meditation, East and West. His paintings, both poetic and spiritual, weave a dialogue between cultures, nourished as much by the Buddhist caves of Ajantâ as by European Baroque allegories. Since his first solo exhibition in Calcutta in 1954, he has exhibited in the greatest artistic capitals - Paris, London, Milan, Zurich, New York, Mumbai - and has been the subject of numerous retrospectives. Today, he is recognized as one of the leading artists on the modern Indo-French scene.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) BURMAN (Sakti)& TAGORE (Rabindranath)& GIDE (André). L'Offrande lyrique.
    Jul. 02, 2025

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) BURMAN (Sakti)& TAGORE (Rabindranath)& GIDE (André). L'Offrande lyrique.

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    Sakti BURMAN (b. 1935) BURMAN (Sakti)& TAGORE (Rabindranath)& GIDE (André). L'Offrande lyrique. Choix de poèmes traduits de l'anglais par André Gide. sl, Les Pharmaciens Bibliophiles, 1993. 96 pp. folio in embossed, filled folder and blue velvet slipcase. 15 color lithographs, 5 on double page, by Burman. Edition of 190 numbered copies on Rives vellum, nominative copy no. 100, signed by the artist on the colophon, enriched with an edition numbered 3/80 and signed (reserved for members), proofs of the text corrected for bon à tirer and a suite of 17 plates signed and numbered (3/45). Provenance: Collection of Madame D. Barbier, friend of the artist, member of the Pharmaciens bibliophiles, and co-editor of the book Bibliography: R. Hoskote, In the Presence of Another Sky, The Confluential Art of Sakti Burman, Mumbai, 2017, pp. 88, 89, 91-97 (reproduced). "As I write these lines, I am reminded of the sumptuous suite of lithographs that Burman produced for an exceptional limited edition of L'Offrande lyrique, Tagore's Gitanjali, in the limpid translation by the legendary French writer André Gide (1869-1951), a contemporary of Gurudev and himself a Nobel Prize winner. Published by Editions Gallimard in October 1993, this work is the pinnacle of Burman's career, one of his most accomplished and extraordinary works. Ranjit Hoskote, In the Presence of Another Sky. The Confluential Art of Sakti Burman, Mumbai, 2017, pp. 82-83. This rare and sensitive set was born of an encounter, that of Dominique Barbier, a passionate bibliophile, with Sakti Burman, around the edition of Tagore's L'Offrande lyrique (Gitanjali), illustrated by the artist and published in 1993 by Les Pharmaciens Bibliophiles. A sincere friendship quickly developed between the artist, his wife Maïté Delteil and the Barbier couple, based on mutual respect, aesthetic connivances and joint projects. It was in this context of esteem and exchange that Dominique Barbier acquired his masterwork Reflection of Memory (1988) directly from Burman in his studio, and lent it on several occasions for exhibitions at the artist's request. This emblematic canvas brings together the painter's most distinctive features: a fresco-inspired technique, a marbled, dreamlike atmosphere, diaphanous figures borrowed from the world of fairy tales, myths and childhood memories. This friendship is not limited to Sakti Burman. Maïté Delteil, the artist's wife and accomplished painter, is a natural addition to the Barbier Collection. A precise draughtswoman trained at the most prestigious institutions (Beaux-Arts, Académie Julian, Casa Velázquez), Maïté Delteil captures the discreet beauty of simple things. Her perfectly silhouetted trees and graceful birds reflect the same quest for poetry in reality - a vision that is complementary, subtle and profoundly humanistic. What struck and moved me was the communion and sharing between religions and cultures visible in their works and lives", says Dominique Barbier.

    Millon & Associes
  • Sakti Burman (Indian, b. 1935) Painting
    Jun. 25, 2025

    Sakti Burman (Indian, b. 1935) Painting

    Est: $800 - $1,600

    Sakti Burman (Indian, b. 1935) Untitled, oil painting on un-stretched canvas. Unframed. Provenance: Purchased at Antiquites Hassler, Paris. Size: 48'' x 37.5'', 122 x 95 cm (canvas).

    Material Culture
  • Les amoureux
    May. 15, 2025

    Les amoureux

    Est: ¥1,200,000 - ¥1,700,000

    oil on canvas, signed (lower left), titled and dated (on the stretcher), signed and dedicated (on the back of the frame), framed (not examined out of the frame)

    Mallet Auction
  • SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). L‘Offrande Lyrique (Gitanjali). lithographs and tex
    Mar. 25, 2025

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). L‘Offrande Lyrique (Gitanjali). lithographs and tex

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935). L‘Offrande Lyrique (Gitanjali). lithographs and text on paper14 5/8 x 11 in. (37.1 x 27.9 cm.) each folded page.

    Christie's
  • Temptation
    Mar. 06, 2025

    Temptation

    Est: ¥3,000,000 - ¥4,000,000

    oil on canvas, signed (lower area), signed, dated and dedicated (on the back of the frame), framed (not examined out of the frame)

    Mallet Auction
  • Sakti Burman, Indian (Born 1935) Watercolor
    Feb. 15, 2025

    Sakti Burman, Indian (Born 1935) Watercolor

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Sakti Burman, Indian (Born 1935) Watercolor "Untitled Composition". Signed and dated '65 lower left. Framed and presented under glass screen. Good condition, some soiling to frame. Measures 18-3/4" x 22-3/4" (sight), frame measures 28" x 32". LA/B13/SH:18B

    Joshua Kodner
  • Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting
    Jan. 16, 2025

    Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting. Measures 49 x 42.5 Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact.

    Greenwich Auction
  • Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting
    Dec. 30, 2024

    Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    Sakti Burman Figural Oil on Canvas Painting. Measures 49 x 42.5 Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact.

    Greenwich Auction
  • Sakti Burman Cologne
    Dec. 14, 2024

    Sakti Burman Cologne

    Est: $80,000 - $120,000

    Sakti Burman 1935 Cologne Oil on canvas 18.5 x 22in. 47 x 55.5cm.

    ARTIANA
  • SAKTI BURMAN. Painting "SPRING"
    Dec. 05, 2024

    SAKTI BURMAN. Painting "SPRING"

    Est: €100,000 - €150,000

    SAKTI BURMAN (Calcutta 1935). Oil painting on canvas titled "SPRING". Signed lower right. Countersigned and with cartouche of the Galleria Nuovo Sagittario, Milan on the back. Framed. SAKTI BURMAN (Calcutta 1935). Dipinto olio su tela intitolato "PRIMAVERA". Firmato in basso a destra. Controfirmato e con cartiglio della Galleria Nuovo Sagittario, Milano sul retro. In cornice. 

    Viscontea Casa d'Aste s.r.l.
  • Sakti Burman (Indian, b. 1935) Painting
    Nov. 18, 2024

    Sakti Burman (Indian, b. 1935) Painting

    Est: $500 - $1,000

    Sakti Burman (Indian, b. 1935) Untitled, mixed media painting on paper, signed. Matted. Unframed. Size: 20.75'' x 27.75'', 53 x 70 cm (sheet); 22.5'' x 28.5'', 57 x 72 cm (mat). Provenance: Private Texas Estate.

    Material Culture
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