Mumbai: Noted artist Tyeb Mehta passed away at his residence in Mumbai on Thursday morning. Mehta was suffering from a heart ailment.
The 83-year-old artist holds the record for the highest price an Indian painting has ever sold in a public auction for Celebration at Christie’s in 2002.
Born in Kapadvanj, a town in Gujarat, Mehta is survived by his wife Sakhina, a son and a daughter.
In May 2005, his painting Kali sold for Rs 10 million at Indian auction house Saffronart’s online auction.
In December 2005, Mehta’s painting Gesture was sold for Rs 31 million to Chairman of Kuomi Travel Ranjit Malkani at the Osian’s auction.
This makes it the highest price paid by an Indian for Indian contemporary art at an auction in India.
He received Padma Bhushan award in 2007.
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