The superlatives for Khakhar’s painting do not end in its commercial acclaim but can readily describe its cultural impact.
The painting has broken records as being one of the biggest sweep for the auction house during the London’s South Asia art week, as one of the costliest painting by an Indian artist, and the highest when it comes to Bhupen Khakhar’s body of work. In June 2019, Business Review put up the headliner “Bhupen Khakhar sets new record as painting fetches over 22 cr at Sotheby’s sale.” This painting here refers to Khakhar’s 1982 oil on canvas titled Two Men in Benares.
