Christie’s Highlights September 2026

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SUBLIME SHADOWS: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION

GANESH PYNE (1937-2013)

The Slave

signed and dated in Bengali (lower right) tempera on canvas

22 x 20⅜ in. (55.9 x 51.7 cm.)

Painted in 1986

$250,000-350,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s London, 4 June 1997, lot 121 Indar Pasricha Fine Arts, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner

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SUBLIME SHADOWS: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION

GANESH PYNE (1937-2013)

Untitled (Savitri or Behula)

 signed and dated in Bengali (center right) tempera on canvas

15⅝ x 21¾ in. (39.7 x 55.2 cm.) Painted in 1987

$250,000-350,000

PROVENANCE:

The Collection of Chester and Davida Herwitz Sotheby’s New York, 12 June 1995, Lot 50 Acquired from the above by the present

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CORPORATE COLLECTION, INDIA

KRISHNAJI HOWLAJI ARA (1914-1985)

Untitled (Still Life with Tree)

signed ‘ARA’ (lower right); further signed and dated ‘ARA ’69’ (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

44 x 33⅛ in. (111.8 x 84.1 cm.)

Painted in 1969

$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE:

Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1988

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CORPORATE COLLECTION, INDIA

RAMESHWAR BROOTA (B. 1941)

The Tree

inscribed, signed, dated and titled ‘1 / 2 / R. Broota / 92 / N. DELHI / THE TREE’ (on the reverse)

oil on canvas; diptych

25 x 47¾ in. (63.5 x 121.3 cm.)

Painted in 1992

$100,000-150,000

PROVENANCE:

Genesis Art Gallery, Kolkata

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1992

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CORPORATE COLLECTION, INDIA

MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011)

The Journey (Yatra)

signed in Hindi (lower right); further inscribed, titled, signed and dated ‘Title The JOURNEY / BY M.F. HUSAIN / 8th March 1959’ (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

32⅞ x 26 in. (83.5 x 66 cm.)

Painted in 1959

$150,000-250,000

PROVENANCE:

The Collection of Joydeep Mukherjee

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1990

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CORPORATE COLLECTION, INDIA

MEERA MUKHERJEE (1923-1998)

Urban Disaster

bronze

6⅞ x 12 x 11 in. (17.5 x 30.5 x 27.9 cm.)

Executed in 1970

$50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE:

Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

Acquired from the above by the present owner, May 2005

LITERATURE:

Remembering Meera Mukherjee, exhibition catalogue, Bernried, 2012, p. 54 (illustrated)

1. Ghosh, ed., Meera Mukherjee: Purity of Vision, Ahmedabad, 2018, p. 96 (illustrated)
2. Sunderason, ‘Sculpture of Undulating Lives: Meera Mukherjee’s Arts of Motion’, Aziatische Kunst, Vol. 50, no. 2, Amsterdam, June 2020, p. 62 (illustrated)

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CORPORATE COLLECTION, INDIA

JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN (1928-1994)

Untitled

mixed media on canvas laid on board 30½ x 44⅛ in. (77.5 x 112 cm.) Painted circa early 1990s

$150,000-250,000

PROVENANCE:

Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa early 1990s

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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)

Building in Trafalgar Square

signed and dated ‘Souza 55’ (upper right); further signed, titled and dated ‘F.N. SOUZA / BUILDING-1955 / IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE

LONDON’ (on the reverse) oil on board

23¾ x 48 in. (60.3 x 121.9 cm.)

Painted in 1955

$600,000-800,000

PROVENANCE:

The collection of the artist Bose Pacia, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa late 1990s

EXHIBITED:

New York, Bose Pacia, Francis Newton Souza: Important Paintings from the Artist’s Private Collection, 19 September – 7 November

1998

LITERATURE:

Francis Newton Souza: Important Paintings from the Artist’s Private Collection, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1998 (illustrated, unpaginated)

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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION

MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1913-2011)

Untitled (Mother Teresa) signed ‘Husain’ (lower left) acrylic on canvas

60¼ x 47⅞ in. (153 x 121.6 cm.) Painted circa late 1980s

$300,000-500,000

PROVENANCE:

Indigo Blue, Singapore

Acquired from the above by the present owner

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

KATTINGERI KRISHNA HEBBAR (1911-1996)

Divali

signed and dated ‘Hebbar 67’ (lower left); further inscribed and titled ‘S. No. 4 DIVALI’ (on canvas flap on the reverse)

oil on canvas

40 x 47⅞ in. (101.6 x 121.6 cm.)

Painted in 1967

$180,000-250,000

PROVENANCE:

Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1969

EXHIBITED:

Bangalore, Mysore State Lalitha Kala Academy at Visvesvaraya Industrial Trade Centre, Hebbar, 1969

Sydney, Bonython Art Gallery, K.K. Hebbar, 14 April – 7 May 1969 Adelaide, Bonython Art Gallery, K.K. Hebbar, 26 May – 12 June 1969 Melbourne, Australian Galleries, K.K. Hebbar, 12-26 August 1969

LITERATURE:

Hebbar, exhibition brochure, Bangalore, 1969 (listed)

K.K. Hebbar (India), exhibition brochure, Sydney, 1969 (listed)

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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, ARIZONA

JEHANGIR SABAVALA (1922-2011)

A Progression of Sails

signed and dated ‘Sabavala ’69’ (lower left); further titled, signed and dated ‘”A Progression of Sails” / Jehangir Sabavala / ’69’ (on canvas flap on the reverse)

oil on canvas

30 x 50 in. (76.2 x 127 cm.)

Painted in 1969

$400,000-600,000

PROVENANCE:

Acquired directly from the artist, Bombay, 1969 Thence by descent

EXHIBITED:

Bombay, Gallery Chemould, Jehangir Sabavala, 19-28 June 1969

LITERATURE:

Jehangir Sabavala, exhibition catalogue, Bombay, 1969 (unpaginated, listed)

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, VIRGINIA

FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)

Woman with Lamp 

signed and dated ‘Souza 1949’ (lower left); further signed, titled and dated ‘F.N. SOUZA / WOMAN WITH LAMP / 1949’ (on the reverse)

oil on board

30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm.)

Painted in 1949

$400,000-600,000

PROVENANCE:

Acquired directly from the artist, New York, circa late 1990s Thence by descent

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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION, MUMBAI MEERA MUKHERJEE (1923-1998) WITH THE ELACHI COMMUNITY

Untitled

kantha embroidery on cloth 17¼ x 18⅛ in. (43.8 x 46 cm.) Executed circa 1980s

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:

Galerie 88, Kolkata

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa late 1990s

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PROPERTY FROM THE ALDRIGE FAMILY COLLECTION

RAM KUMAR (1924-2018)

Untitled (Brothers)

signed and dated in Hindi (upper left) oil on board

36⅛ x 28 in. (91.8 x 71.1 cm.)

Painted in 1960

$300,000-500,000

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Texas Zero to Sixty, Dallas

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa early 1990s

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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)

Church by Tiber

signed and dated ‘Souza 60’ (upper right); further signed and dated ‘F. N. SOUZA / 1960’ (on the reverse) and titled, dated and inscribed (on a Gallery One label on the reverse)

oil on canvas

19¾ x 15⅞ in. (50.2 x 40.3 cm.) Painted in 1960

$150,000-250,000

PROVENANCE:

Gallery One, London

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Nette, France Thence by descent

Maison R&C Marseille, 11 April 2025, lot 61 Acquired from the above

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