Maqbool Fida Husain
1915–2011
Maqbool Fida Husain was an Indian painter and film director who painted narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style. One of the founding members of Bombay Progressive… (Wikipedia)
Maqbool Fida Husain prices at a glance
- Auction results
- 13 2017–2026
- Price range
- $257–$189kSign up free to see
- Median price
- $94.8kSign up free to see 2 sold
- Most recent sale
- $257Sign up free to see Aug 2026, Blomqvist
- Record sale
- $189kSign up free to see 2017, Heffel Fine Art Auction House
Recent sales: Fish and Banana · The Other Self
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Record prices
The Other SelfHeffel Fine Art Auction House · CA$241,250≈ $189,355≈ £143,136≈ €161,167Sign up to see
Fish and BananaBlomqvist · NOK 2,400≈ $257≈ £190≈ €222Sign up to see
Maqbool Fida Husain’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
ArtSell has recorded 13 auction results for Maqbool Fida Husain between 2017 and 2026, and 2 of them sold (15%). Across 2 sales with a published price, the typical result was $47.5kSign up free to see to $142kSign up free to see (median $94.8kSign up free to see). The auction record in our data is The Other Self, sold at Heffel Fine Art Auction House in November 2017 for $189kSign up free to see. Sales were recorded mainly at Chiswick Auctions (11), Blomqvist (1) and Heffel Fine Art Auction House (1).
Maqbool Fida Husain at auction: key figures
- Auction results
- 13
- Sold rate
- 15%
- Active at auction
- 2017–2026
- Median price
- $94.8kSign up free to see
- Record price
- $189kSign up free to see The Other Self, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, Nov 2017
Top auction houses: Chiswick Auctions (11), Blomqvist (1), Heffel Fine Art Auction House (1)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
13 results
- Fish and Banana, ca. 2010NOK 2,400≈ $257≈ £190≈ €222Sign up free to see
- CA$241,250≈ $189,355≈ £143,136≈ €161,167Sign up free to see
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £800–1,200
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £300–500
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £200–300
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £5,000–7,000
Maqbool Fida Husain works on paper (10)Maqbool Fida Husain watercolors (3)Maqbool Fida Husain drawings (7)
Maqbool Fida Husain: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by Maqbool Fida Husain at auction?
$189,355Sign up free to see, for The Other Self at Heffel Fine Art Auction House (November 2017) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for Maqbool Fida Husain?
The median sale price is $94.8kSign up free to see across 2 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by Maqbool Fida Husain have sold at auction?
2 of 13 recorded lots sold between 2017 and 2026.
Which auction houses sell Maqbool Fida Husain?
Chiswick Auctions, Blomqvist and Heffel Fine Art Auction House account for the most recorded results. Chiswick Auctions · Blomqvist · Heffel Fine Art Auction House
About Maqbool Fida Husain
Maqbool Fida Husain was an Indian painter and film director who painted narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style. One of the founding members of Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, Husain is associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. His early association with the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group used modern technique, and was inspired by the "new" India after the partition of 1947. His narrative paintings, executed in a modified Cubist style, can be caustic and funny as well as serious and sombre. His themes—sometimes treated in series—included topics as diverse as Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the British Raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life. In September 2020, his painting titled Voices, auctioned for a record $2.5 million.
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