Untitled (Head) — Francis Newton Souza (India, 1924-2002)

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Estimate: £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,126–$6,876
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Sale: Bonhams — Islamic and Indian Art, London, New Bond Street · 30 March 2021
Record ID: TB-2026-659054
Record: first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Francis Newton Souza, Untitled (Head). Bonhams, 30 Mar 2021, lot 147. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-659054.

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Francis Newton Souza, Untitled (Head). Bonhams, 30 Mar 2021, lot 147. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-659054.

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From the same sale Islamic and Indian Art · Mar 2021

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Persia, late Safavid, late 17th/early 18th Century	Al-sahifa Al-kamila, A Collection Of Prayers Including Seven Prayers To Be Recited According To The Days Of The Week	£4,000–£6,000
Inba' al-Istifa' fi-haqq aba' al-Mustafa, a religious treatise concer…	Inba' Al-istifa' Fi-haqq Aba' Al-mustafa, A Religious Treatise Concerning The Ancestry Of The Prophet Muhammad, By Muhyi Al-din Muhammad Bin Al-khatib Al-amasi, Better Known As Al-khatib Qasim	£6,000–£10,000
Ottoman Turkey, probably Erzurum, dated AH 1238/AD 1822-23	Ibrahim Hakki, Ma'rifatnameh, An Encyclopaedia Of Cosmological Subjects, Copied By Dervish Muhammad Bin 'ali Al-erzurumi	£6,000–£8,000
Ottoman Turkey, Dated 22Nd Sha'ban 1249/4Th January 1834	A Small Illuminated Qur'an, Copied By Mustafa, Better Known As Mulla Ahmad-zadeh Islamivi, A Pupil Of Yahya Al-lutfi	£1,500–£2,000
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1273/AD 1856-57	An Illuminated Qur'an, Copied By Husain Al-hamdi	£2,000–£3,000
Persia, text dated AH 1199/AD 1784-85, illuminated in AH 1287/AD 1870-71	A Book Of Prayers To Be Recited After Each Daily Prayer, Copied By Muhammad Hashim, Illuminated Later By The Order Of Mustashar Al-mulk	£800–£1,200

Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Francis Newton Souza	Untitled (Couple)	$4,375	Christie's, Sep 2021
Francis Newton Souza	Untitled (Saint); Untitled (Head)		Christie's, Sep 2024
Francis Newton Souza	Untitled (Women)		Christie's, Mar 2025
Francis Newton Souza	Untitled (Bearded Man)		Christie's, Mar 2025
Francis Newton Souza	Untitled (Interior)		Bonhams, May 2021
Francis Newton Souza	Untitled (Head)		Christie's, Mar 2023
Francis Newton Souza	Francis Newton Souza (India, 1924-2002)		Bonhams, Oct 2019
Francis Newton Souza	Untitled (Knight on a Bed of Nails)		Christie's, Mar 2025

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.