Bangladeshi art makes it to Sotheby's

Bangladeshi art makes it to Sotheby's

DHAKA (AFP): Two leading Bangladeshi artists' works are set to go under the hammer at Sotheby's for the first time, a newspaper has reported.

Three works by national artist Zainul Abedin, famed for his work on the subcontinent's famine in the 1940s, and Mohammad Kibria, regarded as the initiator of abstract art in Bangladesh, were to be auctioned in London, the Daily Star reported in June.

A 1943 ink and brush sketch titled Famine by Abedin is expected to be of particular interest, while the other is a study of water color by Abedin called Boat.

A number of Bangladeshi artists have exhibited their works across the world, including the late Sheikh Mohammad Sultan, who had his works displayed in London alongside those of Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali.