# Bhupen Khakhar - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T12:04:50.424Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 163
- Lots with prices: 131
- First auction date: 2002-09-19
- Latest auction date: 2025-06-04
- Median realised price: $13,000
- Price range: $200 to $41,000,000

## Market Takeaway
Bhupen Khakhar shows deep auction liquidity with 162 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $13,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 21 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($13,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $5,292 and $120,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 2.3% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 38.2% (50 sales)
- $10,000\+: 59.5% (78 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 21
- Previous 12 months sales: 24
- Recent 12 months median: $6,048
- Previous 12 months median: $2,500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-06-04
- Days since latest sale: 259
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 88 lots
- Sotheby's: 32 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 15 lots
- Bonhams: 13 lots
- Plakas Auctions: 5 lots
- PLAKAS: 4 lots
- Osian's \- The Auction House: 3 lots
- ARTIANA: 2 lots
- Adams Amsterdam Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-04 | Bhupen Khakhar \(1934\-2003\) In the River Jamuna | Bonhams | £4,500
2. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Portraits\). ink on paper10 1/8 x 13 i | Christie's | N/A
3. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Man with Flag\). felt\-tip pen on paper | Christie's | $2,268
4. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Lotus; Kiss. silkscreen print on card; silkscre | Christie's | $3,528
5. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Wind; Untitled. etchings on paper9 7/8 x 9 ½ in | Christie's | $5,292
6. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled. serigraphs on paper27 x 22 in. \(68.6 | Christie's | N/A
7. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Sri Shankarbhai Patel\). serigraph on | Christie's | $3,024
8. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Seated Figure; Designer's Shirts. fel | Christie's | N/A
9. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled. ink on paper10 ½ x 8 ¾ in. \(26.7 x 22 | Christie's | N/A
10. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Gathering\). ink on paper9 ¼ x 10 5/8 | Christie's | $3,528
11. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Jivanlal's Hairstyles\). ink on paper8 | Christie's | $7,560
12. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Presence. etching on paper9 ½ x 9 ¾ in. \(24.1 x | Christie's | $6,048
13. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). In the Car. etching on paper9 5/8 x 10 ¾ in. \(2 | Christie's | $10,080
14. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Landscape\). felt\-tip pen on paper9 x | Christie's | $10,080
15. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Family Coming Back from Market. serigraph on pa | Christie's | $5,292
16. 2025-03-25 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Roadside Scenes\). felt\-tip pen on pap | Christie's | $6,930
17. 2025-03-19 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Self Portrait\). watercolor on paper10 | Christie's | $10,080
18. 2025-03-19 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Birth of Water. etching on paper15 7/8 x 18 7/8 | Christie's | $6,048
19. 2025-03-19 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). In the River Jamuna. etching on paper19 1/8 x 1 | Christie's | $7,560
20. 2025-03-19 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Shahrukh with Southern Stars. oil on canvas lai | Christie's | $252,000
21. 2025-03-19 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\). Untitled \(Study for Exhibition Poster\). waterco | Christie's | N/A
22. 2024-12-12 | Bhupen Khakhar Watercolor Painting on Paper | Greenwich Auction | $200
23. 2024-11-21 | Bhupen Khakhar Watercolor Painting on Paper | Greenwich Auction | N/A
24. 2024-10-28 | BHUPEN KHAKHAR \(1934\-2003\) "UNTITED" WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER, SIGNED BOTTOM RIGHT IN GUJARATI, 1995 | PLAKAS | £9,000

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