Top 10 Indian paintings with highest auction prices

No.	Painting	Artist	Size (in)	Year of painting	Date of Auction	Auction House	Auction Price	Corrected price (2010)	Indian Rupees (2010)
1	Saurashtra	Syed Haider Raza	78¾ x 78¾	1983	10/06/2010	Christies	$3,486,965	$3,486,965	15,78,81,231
2	La Terre	Syed Haider Raza	74 3/8 x 78 3/8	1973	30/06/2008	Christies	$2,537,588	$2,578,839	11,67,63,511
3	Birth	Francis Newton Souza	48 x 96	1955	11/06/2008	Christies	$2,519,761	$2,560,722	11,59,43,217
4	Untitled	Tyeb Mehta	59 x 47	1984	11/06/2008	Christies	$1,918,925	$1,950,119	8,82,96,610
5	La Terre	Syed Haide r Raza	78¾ x 78¾	1985	15/09/2010	Christies	$1,930,500	$1,930,500	8,74,08,309
6	Mahishasura	Tyeb Mehta	59 x 47	1997	21/09/2005	Christies	$1,584,000	$1,774,623	8,03,50,581
7	Village Scene	Amrita Shergil	Unknown	1938	01/03/2006	Osian's	$1,556,234	$1,689,031	7,64,75,185
8	Battle of Ganga and Jamuna : Mahabharata 12	Maqbool Fida Hussain	74¾ x 107¾	1971-72	20/03/2008	Christies	$1,609,000	$1,635,156	7,40,35,857
9	Falling Bird	Tyeb Mehta	59 1/8 x 47 1/8	1999	10/06/2010	Christies	$1,528,757	$1,528,757	6,92,18,371
10	Untitled	Vasudeo S. Gaitonde	70 1/8 x 42½	1975	30/03/2006	Christies	$1,472,000	$1,597,609	7,23,35,820
10	Tapovan	Syed Haider Raza	62½ x 74	1972	29/03/2006	Sotheby's	$1,472,000	$1,495,929	7,23,35,820

1. Syed Haider Raza (B. 1922)

Saurashtra

Acrylic on canvas

Signed and dated 'RAZA '83' (lower right); signed,

inscribed, titled and dated 'RAZA 1983 "SAURASHTRA" 200 x 200 cms.' (on

the reverse)

2. Syed Haider Raza (B. 1922)

La Terre

Acrylic on Canvas

Signed and dated 'RAZA '73' (lower right); signed twice, titled, dedicated, inscribed and dated 'RAZA 1973 "la terre", peinture faite à Paris en 1973,

posée au "manoir" à Nonancourt le 1er Juin 1975, pour Pierre et Francette Rousel. RAZA' (on the reverse)

3. Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002)

Birth

Oil on Board
Signed ‘Souza 55’ (lower right); signed and dated again ‘F N Souza 1955’ (on the reverse)
Painted in 1955

4.Tyeb Mehta (1925 - 2009)

Untitled (Figure on Rickshaw)

Oil on canvas

Signed and dated 'Tyeb 84' (on the reverse)

Painted in 1984.

5. Syed Haider Raza (B. 1922)

La Terre

Acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 'RAZA 85' (lower center); signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'RAZA 1985 200 x 200 "LA TERRE"' (on the reverse)
78¾ x 78¾
Painted in 1985.

6. Tyeb Mehta (1925 - 2009)

Mahishasura, 1997

Acrylic on canvas
59 x 47 in

7. Amrita Shergil (1913-1941)

Village Scene

Painted in 1938.

8. Maqbool Fida Husain (B. 1915)

Battle of Ganga and Jamuna: Mahabharata 12

Oil on canvas-diptych

Signed 'Husain 72½'; signed again in Hindi (lower left).

74¾ x 107¾ in
Painted in 1971-72

9.Tyed Mehta (1925-2009)

Falling Bird

Acrylic on Canvas

signed and dated 'Tyeb 99'

59 1/8 x 47 1/8 in

Painted in 1999

10. Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924-2001)

Untitled

Oil and mixed media on canvas
Signed and dated in English and Hindi on

reverse
70 1/8 x 42½ in

Painted in 1975

10. Syed Hyder Raza (B.1922)

Tapovan

Acrylic on Canvas

Signed and dated

62½ x 74 in

Painted in 1972