A forgotten oil-on-canvas masterpiece by Indian painter MF Husain, rediscovered decades later, has rewritten the record books ...
It shattered the previous high for Indian art of $7.4m (£5.7m), fetched by Amrita Sher-Gil's The Story Teller in 2023. Husain, who died in 2011, aged 95, was a pioneer of Indian modernism and ...
That result set a new record for Modern Indian art at auction, as well as Indian painting. Leading Christie’s South Asian Modern and contemporary auction, it almost doubles the previous record ...