2015 was a milestone year in the world of art with a number of record-breaking paintings being sold. Year 2016 seems to be following in the footsteps of the year that was; a recent example being the record-breaking sale of Akbar Padamsee's Greek Landscape. It was recently auctioned for a staggering INR 19.19 crores. On that note, here's a look at some record-breaking artworks.

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p2015 was a milestone year in the world of art with a number of record-breaking paintings being sold. Year 2016 seems to be following in the footsteps of the year that was; a recent example being the record-breaking sale of Akbar Padamsee's Greek Landscape. It was recently auctioned for a staggering INR 19.19 crores. On that note, here's a look at some record-breaking artworks./p pandnbsp;/p
pAt the recent Saffronart Evening Sale of Modern Indian art, Padamsee's monochrome canvas trumped its contemporaries, fetching more double the estimated INR 7 to 9 crores. The veteran artist, who started his journey with a solo exhibition in 1952 in Paris earned his previous world record in 2011 for the Reclining Nude, a 1960 painting that had fetched $1.4 million (approx. INR 9 crores)strong./strong/p
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pstrongPicasso's Femme Assisi 1909/strongbr /Picasso wrote history last year with a 1909 portrait Femme Assise. This masterpiece created a new record for any cubist work, fetching the highest price for any painting sold in Lon...