[2] In 2021, it sold for US$62 million the third highest price ever paid for a work of art by a living artist.
Sacha Jafri was born in England and is descended from the royal lineage of the Nawab of Awadh.
[7][8] Jafri generally works outside the art gallery system, donates many of his works and or proceeds from them to charity efforts, and numbers among his collectors Barack Obama, members of the British royal family, Sir Richard Branson, Paul McCartney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, Madonna, David Beckham, George Clooney and Eva Longoria.
[9][10][11] Prince Charles commissioned Jafri to do portraits of the "14 most influential living Muslims" for his Mosaic initiative.
[12] In 2014, he created the cover art for Silver Rails, the final studio album by musician Jack Bruce.