Lot 1 · Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
twenty watercolours depicting scenes of bombay
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $26,518–$39,777
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, London · 25 October 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4606271
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4606271 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4606271
Mahadev Viswanath Dhurandhar, twenty watercolours depicting scenes of bombay. Sotheby's, 25 Oct 2017, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606271.
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Mahadev Viswanath Dhurandhar, twenty watercolours depicting scenes of bombay. Sotheby's, 25 Oct 2017, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606271.
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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 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahadev Viswanath Dhurandhar | Untitled (Seated Lady) | $69,300 | Christie's, Mar 2023 | |
| Mahadev Viswanath Dhurandhar | Untitled | Christie's, Mar 2007 | ||
| Ram Kumar | Untitled (Family Group; Figure in Landscape) | Christie's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Cow and White Lady) | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Ganesh Riding a Horse with the Sun) | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Woman & Donkey) | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | The Burning Desert | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Mahadev Viswanath Dhurandhar | Untitled (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) | Christie's, Mar 2019 |
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.