Raza, Hartung, Buffet: A Flurry of Records on the Riviera

A couple of restaurateurs passionate about modern art assembled, in Paris and Cannes, a collection of demanding pieces, whose dispersal yielded some excellent surprises. Sayed Haider Raza (1922-2016), Agrarian Landscape, 1961, oil on canvas, signed and dated “(19)61”, countersigned and marked on the back with “P-327’61” and “206 x 120 cm”, 120 x 200 cm/47.24 x 78.74 in.Result: €4,754,500 An Indian collector paid €4,754,500 for Sayed Haider Raza’s Agrarian Landscape, the second-highest price ever paid for a work by the artist (source: Artnet) and the highest outside his native India. Dated 1961, the eagerly awaited painting had been acquired by its former owners, Monsieur and Madame