The Most Expensive Paintings Ever Auctioned In India

Published: NOV 13, 2025

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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