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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $539,332–$808,997
- Result
- upcoming — 29 September 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, London · 29 September 2026
- Dimensions
- 107 x 191.5 cm. (42 ⅛ x 75 ⅜ in.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17805758
- Record
- first seen 13 Sep 2026 · updated 13 Sep 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-17805758 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-17805758
Maqbool Fida Husain, Mithuna Crimson. Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2026, lot 6. estimate £400,000–£600,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17805758.
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83% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
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Maqbool Fida Husain, Mithuna Crimson. Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2026, lot 6. estimate £400,000–£600,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17805758.
From the same sale Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art · Sep 2026
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Set of 2) | Ghopal Ghose | £4,000–£6,000 | upcoming |
| By the Mango Tree | Zarina | £20,000–£30,000 | upcoming |
| Landscape with Church | Francis Newton Souza | £100,000–£150,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Sunayani Devi | £6,000–£8,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Jagdish Swaminathan | £3,000–£5,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled (Houses) | Sayed Haider Raza | £70,000–£90,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Seve[n] Shades [...] Bamboos | $640,000 | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | |
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled | Phillips, Jun 2026 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Figures) | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Women) | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Women in Red | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Four Women) | Sotheby's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (The Wild Horse) | Sotheby's, Sep 2024 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Her Daughter | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 |
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.