Lot 77 · Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
(i) bubble, bubble, baby girls are in trouble (ii) in our winter and from the east there was no beast more useful than the "indian" unburdened by passports
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $4,910–$7,364
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, London · 18 October 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4514031
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rina Banerjee, (i) bubble, bubble, baby girls are in trouble (ii) in our winter and from the east there was no beast more useful than the "indian" unburdened by passports. Sotheby's, 18 Oct 2016, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4514031.
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Rina Banerjee, (i) bubble, bubble, baby girls are in trouble (ii) in our winter and from the east there was no beast more useful than the "indian" unburdened by passports. Sotheby's, 18 Oct 2016, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4514031.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art · Oct 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Two Women) | Maqbool Fida Husain | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| The Deposition | Francis Newton Souza | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Hajera | Maqbool Fida Husain | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Untitled | Ram Kumar | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Untitled (Woman) | B. Prabha | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled (Gentleman with tie) | Francis Newton Souza | £1,000–£2,000 |
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| Rina Banerjee | tobacco children | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | Where is my castle in the sky | Sotheby's, Mar 2016 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | Untitled | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.