# Sakti Burman artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/sakti-burman/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:59:50.200Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Indian
- Movements: Contemporary Indian art
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Lithography

## Portrait

![Sakti Burman](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Sakti_Burman_-_Kolkata_2015-03-21_6985.JPG/1280px-Sakti_Burman_-_Kolkata_2015-03-21_6985.JPG)
Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakti_Burman_-_Kolkata_2015-03-21_6985.JPG

## About Sakti Burman

Sakti Burman, born in 1935, is an Indian painter and sculptor whose career is connected with both India and France. Wikidata, VIAF, and other international authority systems consistently identify him as an Indian artist, while the available biographical source describes him as a contemporary Indian artist living in France. The collected documentation also associates his practice with lithography. These records make it possible to distinguish Burman reliably from similarly named people and to connect his work across museum, library, catalogue, and auction databases. Collectors may encounter his name in relation to paintings, sculptures, and lithographs, although the present source pack does not establish the relative frequency of those categories or document specific subjects and series. This profile therefore emphasizes verified identity and broad artistic practice while leaving stylistic, thematic, and market-specific claims open until stronger museum, scholarly, or auction-house documentation is available.

## Common works and media

The collected sources document Burman as a painter and sculptor, while the Wikimedia record also identifies him as a lithographer. Paintings, sculptures, and lithographs are therefore the work types most defensibly associated with this profile. The pack does not provide enough evidence to name recurring subjects, specific series, favored materials, edition sizes, or the relative auction frequency of each type.

## Market and appraisal context

The available evidence supports an identity-led market overview rather than a price conclusion. A prospective appraisal should first confirm that the object is correctly attributed to Sakti Burman and determine whether it is a painting, sculpture, or lithograph. The source pack does not contain detailed auction-house cataloguing, so it cannot establish which work types sell most often, whether particular subjects command different results, or how editions are recorded. Appraisily auction records can be used, when available, to compare sale dates, realized prices, auction-house descriptions, and genuinely similar lots. Any conclusion should remain specific to the object under review; a matching artist name or an isolated historical result is not sufficient evidence of value.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This source pack is stronger for identity than for detailed market conclusions.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7403118
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96586566/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakti_Burman
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakti_Burman_-_Kolkata_2015-03-21_6985.JPG
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/sakti-burman/