Mf hussain painting: The British auction company Christie made a auction on 19 March, New York, USA. Here the painting of famous Indian painter Maqbool Fida Hussain sold for Rs 118.7 crore ($ 13.75 million). With this, it took the title of the most expensive Indian painting. Earlier in September 2023, there was a bid of Rs 61.8 crore for Amrita Shergill’s painting ‘The Story Taylor’. Now the question comes, who bought this painting?

He bought MF Hussain’s painting

Although Christie has done the buyer’s listing as ‘Unnamed Institution’, but it is believed that Kiran Nadar, wife of HCL Tech owner Shiv Nadar’s wife Kiran Nadar, has bought this painting. Kiran, a trustee of Shiva Nadar Foundation, is fond of raising things related to Nadar art. Not only this, there is also a trustee of Kiran Museum of Art (KNMA). It is the first private art museum in India, which was built in 2010. Buying this painting is in accordance with their thinking of preserving and promoting Indian art at the international level.

#Worldauctionroad MF Husain’s ‘Untitled (Gram Yatra)’ Has Shattered the Previous Artist Record Achieving US $ 13,750,000 during South Asian Modern + Contemporary Indian Art Sale in New York. This is the highest price realized for any modern Indian work of art in the world. pic.twitter.com/fgmgexitu7

– Christie’s (@chrissinc) March 19, 2025

Mother of the country’s richest woman

Kiran Nadar is the mother of Roshni Nadar Malhotra, India’s richest woman, whose assets are Rs 84,330 crore according to the report of Hurun India and Forbes. Recently, Shiv Nadar gave 47 percent stake in HCL Corp and Vama Delhi to his daughter Roshni Nadar. With this, she also became the biggest shareholder of HCL. Talk of Kiran Nadar, he also has assets worth Rs 25100 crore. Not only this, he is also one of the well-known bridges of the country. At the age of 67, he also won the bronze medal.

This is the specialty of this painting

Please tell that the length of MF Hussain’s village travel painting is about 14 feet. In this, the daily routine of people living in the villages of the country is shown through painting. There are 13 different scenes related to Indian rural life, in which some women are seen grinding grains, some are seen extracting milk of cow, some are seen taking care of their children. It took MF Hussain 13 years to make this painting. In 1954, the painting was bought by Doctor Leon Ellius Volodarski, who lives in Norway. In 1964, he gave this painting to Oslo University Hospital in a gift.

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