Tyeb Mehta

SH Raza, Akbar Padamsee: Indian masters' works go under the hammer at Christie's annual art sale

Art lovers and collectors in the city have a big reason to rejoice. One of the world’s most-sought-after auction houses, Christie’s, is back with its annual India Sale on 18 December at The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai.

Christie's first ever India auction sees Gaitonde art sell for Rs 23.7 cr

The first-ever auction held by the global auction house Christie's in India on Thursday evening saw a Vasudev Gaitonde painting getting sold for Rs 23.70 crore or $3.792 million.<br /><br />

Christie's to host first-ever India auction in Mumbai today

The prized possession going under the hammer include the works of the late M F Husain, Amrita Shergill, Rabindranath Tagore, V S Gaitonde, Tyeb Mehta, Jamini Roy, and Ganesh Pyne among others with prices ranging Rs 1 lakh to Rs 8.5 crore.

Art sales in India, China can rival the West soon: Christie's CEO

Christie's will host its first Indian auction in Mumbai on December 19. The auction will have 83 lots of South Asian paintings, including the likes of Tyeb Mehta, Amrita Sher-Gil and M. F Husain, with estimates ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 crore.

Tyeb Mehta's painting sold at Rs 17.5 cr: Top grossing artwork at Christie's India's auction

The Mehta canvas, dating back to 1999, for which the Christie's was expecting a maximum price of Rs 12 crore, got picked up through an online bid from New York.

Indian art goes under the hammer in Sotheby's auction in New York

In March this year, Sotheby's in New York sold paintings belonging to Amrita Jhaveri's collection entitled the Amaya Collection, featuring MF Husain, Tyeb Mehta among others.

MF Hussain, Tyeb Mehta works fetch millions at UK auction

Indian contemporary art set new records at a Christie's auction here, fetching 4.7 million pounds through the sale of paintings by celebrated artists like Vasudeo S Gaitonde, Tyeb Mehta and M F Hussain.