Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra), a sprawling 14-foot-wide mural, sold for an unprecedented $13.8m (£10.6m) at a Christie's auction in New York last week. It shattered the previous high for Indian art ...

They are reminiscent of narrative paintings in India's miniature tradition, in which small pictures weave a story. In Gram Yatra, Husain used vibrant, earthy tones to bring the frames to life ...