The Most Expensive Paintings Ever Auctioned In India

Rudra Mulmule

Untitled (Gram Yatra) by M.F Hussain

Capturing the vibrancy of rural India, this painting broke all the previous records by being sold for ₹118 crore in March 2025.

'THE STORYTELLER' BY AMRITA SHER-GIL

Sold for ₹61.8 crore in 2023, this portrait of village women in conversation captures the essence of Sher-Gil’s fusion of European technique and Indian subjectivity.

GESTATION BY S.H RAZA

Underlining the spiritual intensity of his geometric abstractions, Raza’s gestation from 1989 was sold for ₹51.75 crore in 2023, marking the peak of his metaphysical period.

UNTITLED (1971) BY V.S GAITONDE

This painting broke the records at Saffronart auction in Delhi that fetched $40.2 million in 2022, the highest-ever total for South Asian art in USD.

TRUSSED BULL BY TYEB MEHTA

Painted in 1999 and sold for ₹32 crore at a Pundole’s auction in 2021, this image of a bound bull becomes a haunting metaphor for societal and personal conflict.

RADHA IN THE MOONLIGHT BY RAJA RAVI VERMA

Auctioned for ₹23 crore, this 1890 work stands as a rare gem from Raja Ravi Varma’s oeuvre and a testament to his influence on Indian visual culture.

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