Lot 569 · South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
Mother India/Courage I (Red Babies)
Nalini Malani · acrylic
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- Estimate
- $80,000–$120,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 16 September 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, New York · 16 September 2026
- Dimensions
- 121.5 x 91 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17756832
- Record
- first seen 28 Aug 2026 · updated 28 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Nalini Malani, Mother India/Courage I (Red Babies). Christie's, 16 Sep 2026, lot 569. estimate $80,000–$120,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17756832.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
89% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,681 held-out lots the model scored about 88%, 84% sold.
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Nalini Malani, Mother India/Courage I (Red Babies). Christie's, 16 Sep 2026, lot 569. estimate $80,000–$120,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17756832.
From the same sale South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art · Sep 2026
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|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Still Life with Tree) | Krishnaji Howlaji Ara | $30,000–$50,000 | upcoming |
| Phulwari Devi | Jangarh Singh Shyam | $4,000–$6,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Jagdish Swaminathan | $150,000–$250,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Jagdish Swaminathan | $100,000–$150,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Ganesh Haloi | $15,000–$20,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled (Seated Figure) | Benodebehari Mukherjee | $2,500–$3,500 | upcoming |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nalini Malani | Love, Deception and Intrigue | $100,000 | Sotheby's, Mar 2016 | |
| Nalini Malani | Father & Child | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Nalini Malani | nalini malani | hieroglyphs i (from stories retold series) | Sotheby's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Portrait) | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Sayed Haider Raza | sayed haider raza | presence inconnue | Sotheby's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Nalini Malani | Broken #2 | Christie's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Cow and White Lady) | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Francis Newton Souza | Untitled | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 |
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.