Tyeb Mehta’s ‘Rickshaw Puller’ Fetches ₹69.1 Crore, Recasting the Market for Indian Modernism
Tyeb Mehta’s 2002 acrylic on canvas, 'Rickshaw Puller,' has sold for ₹69.1 crore, underscoring the enduring market power of one of India’s most consequential modernists. The result places renewed attention on Mehta’s late-career imagery, especially the rickshaw puller motif he revisited as a stark emblem of labour, strain and urban life.
