Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

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Property from a Private West Coast Collection

Pestonji Bomanji

A head of a Gosain

Auction Closed

March 21, 06:10 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private West Coast Collection

Pestonji Bomanji

1851 - 1938

A head of a Gosain


Oil on canvas

Signed and dated 'Pestonji Bomani / augt 1877' lower left and bearing label 'Picture. No. 1. / Artist's Name _. Mr. Pestonjee Bomanjee / Address ._. At Mr Sorabjee Suntook/s chaol. / Dhobeetala'o. / Bombay. / Title of. Picture _. A head of a Gos'ain. / "study from life".'  on reverse

14 ½ x 11 ⅝ in. (36.8 x 29.5 cm.)

Painted in 1877

Acquired in an estate sale, California, 2021