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Indian painter M.F. Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra) was sold for $13.8 million (over Rs 118 crore) at a Christie's auction in New York, setting a new record for the most expensive work of modern Indian art ever sold. (Source: Instagram/@artindiamagazine)
M.F. Husain’s monumental painting Untitled (Gram Yatra) is an epic survey of Indian society — and global modern art. (Source: Instagram/@artindiamagazine)
Across 13 vignettes, the mural-sized painting by one of India’s most renowned artists reflects the country’s deep historical roots and evolving future, as well as Husain’s global dialogue with modernism. (Source: Instagram/@artindiamagazine)
The sale nearly doubles the previous record-holder, Amrita Sher-Gil's 1937 The Storyteller, which fetched around $7.4 million (Rs 61.8 crore) at an auction in Mumbai in 2023. (Source: Instagram/@luxuriousbymm)
The painting, acquired by the Ukrainian-born, Norway-based doctor Leon Elias Volodarsky, was bequeathed to Oslo University Hospital in 1964. The proceeds of the sale will support the training of future generations of doctors at the institution. (Source: Express Archive)
