MF Husain Painting Fetches Over ₹ 118 Crore, BOCCOMES MOST EXPENSVE MODERN IN ART

‘Gram yatra’, the 1954 paintingthat left India the same year, remained larger unseen points its acquisition by the ukrainian-born norway-based doctor leon elias Volodarsky, who was in delhi to Establish a thoracic surgery training center for the who. Photo: Special Arrangement

Legendary Painter Mf Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), Billed as one of his most important and sizable works from the 1950s, Went for over ₹ 118 Crore For the most expensive work of Modern Indian Art. Art Collector and Philanthropist Kiran Nadar has acqured legendary painter’s masterpiece.

The salary, which took place at a christe auction in new york on March 19, Nearly Doubles the Previous Record-Holder, Amrita Sher-Gil’s 1937 “The Story Teller”, which fetched fetched Around 7.4 Million (₹ 61.8 Crore) at an auction in Mumbai in 2023.

Comprising 13 Unique Panels that Occupy Almost 14 Feet Across a Single Canvas, Gram Yatra, Whoich means ‘Village Pilgrimage’, is widely registered as a cornerstone of Heuvre, Celebrating the Diversity and Dynamism of a newly independent nation.

“We are thrilled to have been a part of setting a new benchmark value for the work of Maqbool fida husband and the entreen category. Contemporary South Asian Art Market, “NISAD AVARI, Head of Christie’s South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, said in a statement.

The 1954 painting, which left india the same year, remained largern sense its its acquisition by Surgery Training Center for the World Health Organization (Who).

Volodarsky bequeathed the painting to oslo university hospital in 1964. The process of the sell will support the training of future generations of doctors at the institution.

Previous, Husain’s Most Expected Painting, Untitled (Reincarnation), was sold for $ 3.1 million (approximately ₹ 25.7 Crore) in London Last Year.

Born on September 17, 1915 in Pandharpur in Maharashtra, Husain Remains One of India’s Most Important and South after Artists with OEUVRES ARTISPIRES Arts and Conversations the Globe.

An Avid Reader of History and Mythology and Indian Culture, A Large Part of Husain’s Art Includes Paintings of Gods and Goddesses in the Context of the Time, Works TO HIM IN THE CROCSSHAISHAIS Controversy.

With firs and persistence Death Threats, Husain Was Forced INTO Self-Exile, Staying in Dubai and Traveling to New York and London, Where he He Died on June 9, 2011 at the age of 95, Leaves of 95, Leaves a ProdigiOSIOOS Work.