Adi M. Davierwalla — Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

In 2007, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Mother And Child (1964), offered in the Modern Indian Art: Summer Online Auction by Saffronart, which concluded on 07 June 2007 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹35,65,000 ($87,743). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

In 2017, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Galaxy (1966), offered in the South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art by Christie's, which concluded on 13 September 2017 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹1,19,96,587.5 ($187,500). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

The figurative pieces already suggest an instinctive understanding of anatomical stylisation – of trying to separate the components of a human figure and then proceeding to emphasise their essential role through exaggeration, distortion and harmonious synchronisation. With experience, spurred on by trial and error, Davierwalla probed deeper along these lines and responded to the secret language of geometry, of gravitational pulls, or the dynamic counterpoint between mass and space.

In 2023, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Crystal and Gold: A Monument to a Memory (1968), offered in the The Fine Art Sale by Pundole, which concluded on 23 February 2023 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹6,50,00,000 ($785,563.04). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

It is significant that, although completely self-trained, he did not follow the contemporary fashion of sculpting in plaster and preparing a mold for the final bronze product but took to carving directly in wood, stone and marble. This brought him face to face with the essential nature of a sculptor’s work, an exploration of form in solid material informed by an empathy with the character of the latter, an understanding of organic structure and the scope it offered for an interplay of mass (including socalled empty space), volume and line.

In 2015, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Couple (1972), offered in the The Fine Art Sale: Including Works from the Collection of Roshan Sabavala and Emanuel Schlesinger by Pundole, which concluded on 03 November 2015 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹42,00,000 ($58,251.78). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.