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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, New York · 21 March 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5009331
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Pestonji Bomanji, A head of a Gosain. Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2022, lot 43. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5009331.
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Pestonji Bomanji, A head of a Gosain. Sotheby's, 21 Mar 2022, lot 43. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5009331.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art · Mar 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santur Player | Meera Mukherjee | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Untitled | Sohan Qadri | $7,000–$9,000 | |
| Lovers | Amar Nath Sehgal | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Untitled (Boy); Untitled (Gentleman) | — | $1,000–$2,000 | |
| Painting 4 | Vasudeo S. Gaitonde | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
| Boat on the Wave | K.s. Radhakrishnan | $10,000–$15,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Newton Souza | Untitled (Nude) | $47,880 | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | |
| Francis Newton Souza | Paris | Christie's, Mar 2024 | ||
| B. Prabha | Untitled (Three Ladies) | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (A Boy From Indore) | Christie's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Ganesh Pyne | The Syce | Christie's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Pestonji Bomanji | Untitled (Portrait of a Parsi Gentleman) | Christie's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Young Boy | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Ganesh Pyne | Untitled (Mask) | Christie's, Jun 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.