Lot 80 · Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
For a Life Lost between Bullets and Bombs
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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $19,889–$26,518
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, London · 25 October 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4606238
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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T.v. Santhosh, For a Life Lost between Bullets and Bombs. Sotheby's, 25 Oct 2017, lot 80. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606238.
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T.v. Santhosh, For a Life Lost between Bullets and Bombs. Sotheby's, 25 Oct 2017, lot 80. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606238.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art · Oct 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Francis Newton Souza | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Untitled (Three Horses) | Maqbool Fida Husain | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Untitled (Naga) | Sayed Haider Raza | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Untitled | Sayed Haider Raza | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Untitled (La Terre) | Sayed Haider Raza | £70,000–£90,000 | |
| Untitled (Sunflower with Two Hands) | Jogen Chowdhury | £3,000–£5,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.v. Santhosh | A Survivor's Testimony | $29,150 | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | |
| T.v. Santhosh | T. V. Santhosh | Christie's, Jun 2006 | ||
| T.v. Santhosh | Your Terrorist, Our Freedom Fighter | Christie's, Sep 2020 | ||
| T.v. Santhosh | False Promises | Sotheby's, Sep 2006 | ||
| T.v. Santhosh | whose war is it? iii | Sotheby's, Jun 2012 | ||
| T.v. Santhosh | Account Payable II | Christie's, Mar 2022 | ||
| T.v. Santhosh | Spinal Cord | Christie's, Mar 2006 | ||
| Sayed Haider Raza | Untitled (Composition) | Sotheby's, Sep 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.