# Jagdish Swaminathan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T09:44:28.132Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 129
- Lots with prices: 102
- First auction date: 2001-10-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-09-30
- Median realised price: $108,000
- Price range: $200 to $13,000,000

## Market Takeaway
Jagdish Swaminathan shows solid auction liquidity with 129 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $108,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-30.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($108,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $22,325 and $284,800.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 2% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 14.7% (15 sales)
- $10,000\+: 83.3% (85 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 8
- Previous 12 months sales: 12
- Recent 12 months median: $21,420
- Previous 12 months median: $6,300
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-09-30
- Days since latest sale: 141
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 66 lots
- Sotheby's: 32 lots
- Bonhams: 11 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 6 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 3 lots
- Osian's \- The Auction House: 2 lots
- Plakas Auctions: 2 lots
- Pundole's: 2 lots
- Shapiro Auctions LLC: 2 lots
- Artcurial: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-09-30 | Untitled | Sotheby's | N/A
2. 2025-09-18 | Jagdish Swaminathan Oil Painting on Canvas | Greenwich Auction | $1,800
3. 2025-09-17 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN \(1928\-1994\). Untitled. oil on canvas46 1/8 x 31 7/8 in. | Christie's | $215,900
4. 2025-08-28 | Jagdish Swaminathan Oil Painting on Canvas | Greenwich Auction | N/A
5. 2025-03-25 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN \(1928\-1994\). Untitled. watercolor on paper22 x 17 ½ in. | Christie's | $21,420
6. 2025-03-17 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $127,000
7. 2025-03-17 | Garbhakash | Sotheby's | $215,900
8. 2025-03-06 | Jagdish Swaminathan Oil on Canvas Signed Verso | Greenwich Auction | $4,000
9. 2025-02-08 | INDIAN OIL PAINTING AFTER JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN | Antique Arena Inc | $650
10. 2025-01-25 | INDIAN OIL PAINTING AFTER JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN | Antique Arena Inc | $200
11. 2024-12-10 | Jagdish Swaminathan \(Indian, 1928\-1994\) Untitled | Bonhams | £610,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-jagdish-swaminathan-indian-1928-1994-untitled-12-c-9614e7abc1
12. 2024-10-05 | INDIAN MIXED PAINTING AFTER JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN | Antique Arena Inc | $2,800
13. 2024-09-26 | Untitled | Sotheby's | £240,000
14. 2024-09-24 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN \(1928\-1994\). Untitled \(Bird, Tree and Mountain Series\). | Christie's | N/A
15. 2024-09-18 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN \(1928\-1994\). Untitled \(Bird, Tree and Mountain Series\). | Christie's | $327,600
16. 2024-06-06 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN \(1928\-1994\) BIRD & MOUNTAIN SERIES, SIGNED AT VERSO | Plakas Auctions | £65,000
17. 2024-06-06 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN, UNTITLED, 1992, SIGNED & DATED "SWAMINATHAN 92" LOWER RIGHT, MIXED MEDIA ON PAP | Plakas Auctions | N/A
18. 2024-03-27 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN \(1928\-1994\) Untitled \(Image 1\) serigraph on paper 22 ½ | Christie's | $6,300
19. 2024-03-27 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN \(1928\-1994\) Untitled watercolor on paper 12 ½ x 21 7⁄8 | Christie's | $6,300
20. 2024-03-18 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $355,600
21. 2023-10-24 | Untitled | Sotheby's | £330,200
22. 2023-09-21 | Jagdish Swaminathan Oil Painting on Canvas | Greenwich Auction | $13,000
23. 2023-06-06 | Jagdish Swaminathan \(Indian, 1928\-1994\) Untitled | Bonhams | £150,000
24. 2023-03-22 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN \(1928\-1994\) Untitled oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. \(91.5 x | Christie's | $252,000

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