Reputation
In recent years Souza's Paintings have been sold for over million dollars. In 2008, his painting Birth (1955) set a world auction record for the most expensive Indian painting sold till then by selling for $2.5 million (Rs 11.3 crore) at a Christie's auction. The buyer was the Harmony Arts Foundation run by Tina Ambani.
In June 2010 Christie's held a seminal auction of over 140 lots from the Souza Estate. Again many of Souza's masterpieces fetched very high prices, some several times the Christie's estimates.
A purported 1963 painting by Souza appeared on the BBC Antiques Road Show in Feb 2009.
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