Noted artist Tyeb Mehta passes away
Jul 2nd, 2009 | By admin | Category: Breaking News, India News, Maharashtra News, Mumbai NewsNoted artist Tyeb Mehta passed away early Thursday morning at his residence in Mumbai. He was 84 years old. The artist was suffering from heart trouble. He was survived by his wife Sakina, a son and a daughter.
His canvas at a Christie’s auction in June 2008 fetched him his highest-ever price of $2 million. Mehta’s canvas ‘Kali’- a dramatic, disturbing work depicting the Goddess with a gouged mouth, broke the Rs 1 crore barrier in 2005, and his ‘Celebration’- an expanse of shrouded figures, went for Rs 1.5 crore in 2002.