Tyeb Mehta's 'Rickshaw Puller' fetches ₹69.1 crore at auction
A 2002 acrylic on canvas by Tyeb Mehta, titled 'Rickshaw Puller', has sold for ₹69.1 crore. The work dates from the final decade of the Indian artist's career and depicts the rickshaw puller, a figure he revisited in his later paintings. The sale price was reported by The Hindu. No further details about the buyer, the auction house, or the specific sale date were provided in the source.
Key facts
- Tyeb Mehta's 'Rickshaw Puller' sold for ₹69.1 crore.
- The work is an acrylic on canvas dated 2002.
- It was created in the final decade of Mehta's career.
- The painting depicts a rickshaw puller, a figure the artist returned to in later work.
- The sale was reported by The Hindu.
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- The Hindu