The painting became 'one of the top three most expensive works by the artist to be sold in India'.

Works by Ram Kumar, SH Raza and KH Ara will also be on auction.

In the catalogue, the Gaitonde pricing was mentioned as ‘estimate upon request’.

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Padamsee faced the ire of fellow artist Gaitonde after ‘reselling’ the latter’s painting, and also got conned in the process.

The most expensive Indian work sold through auction is an untitled work by Gaitonde, sold by Christie's in December 2015 for $4.4 mn.

The event will be hosted in New Delhi on Friday. The other highlight is an untitled oil painting made in 1970 by VS Gaitonde.

Ram Kumar also collected Gaitonde’s artworks. One such work owned by Kumar was an untitled oil canvas painting of Gaitonde.

Gai's works has recently fetched him as high as Rs. 30 crore at auctions.

The untitled painting by the artist replaced Syed Haider Raza's work 'Bindu', and set a world record.

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The New York auction includes 26 masterpieces by modern masters such as V S Gaitonde, Francis Newton Souza and Bhupen Khakhar.

Gaitonde is hugely celebrated internationally, with his works achieving ever-higher prices at auction.

Kiran Nadar, founder of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, who participated in the Christie’s auction, says the event is potentially a market moodc...