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- Estimate
- $30,000–$40,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary Indian Art, New York · 18 September 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3784531
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Riyas Komu, Tragic Day Optimist-14. Sotheby's, 18 Sep 2008, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3784531.
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Riyas Komu, Tragic Day Optimist-14. Sotheby's, 18 Sep 2008, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3784531.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary Indian Art · Sep 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pile II | Yashwant Deshmukh | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Untitled | Ghulam Rasool Santosh | $20,000–$25,000 | |
| Untitled | Yusuff Arakkal | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| Untitled | Krishna Shamrao Kulkarni | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Untitled | Indrajit Prasad | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Untitled | Ram Kumar | $160,000–$180,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riyas Komu | Tragic Day Optimist - XIII | $24,804 | Sotheby's, May 2008 | |
| Riyas Komu | keep cooking (blood series 6) | Sotheby's, Sep 2008 | ||
| Riyas Komu | borivili boy -i | Sotheby's, Sep 2006 | ||
| Riyas Komu | Riyas Komu | Christie's, Nov 2011 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Hanuman | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Jamini Roy | Untitled (Horse and Rider) | Christie's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Francis Newton Souza | Untitled (Portrait) | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Riyas Komu | Dog in the Bush - II | Christie's, Jun 2008 |
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.