Lot 35 · Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Untitled
Sunayani Devi · Watercolour and pencil on paper laid on card
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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $8,090–$10,787
- Result
- upcoming — 29 September 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, London · 29 September 2026
- Dimensions
- 36 x 25.3 cm. (14 ⅛ x 10 in.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17805746
- Record
- first seen 13 Sep 2026 · updated 13 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Sunayani Devi, Untitled. Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2026, lot 35. estimate £6,000–£8,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17805746.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
87% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,019 held-out lots the model scored about 86%, 80% sold.
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Sunayani Devi, Untitled. Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2026, lot 35. estimate £6,000–£8,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17805746.
From the same sale Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art · Sep 2026
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Set of 2) | Ghopal Ghose | £4,000–£6,000 | upcoming |
| By the Mango Tree | Zarina | £20,000–£30,000 | upcoming |
| Landscape with Church | Francis Newton Souza | £100,000–£150,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Jagdish Swaminathan | £3,000–£5,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled (Houses) | Sayed Haider Raza | £70,000–£90,000 | upcoming |
| 4th Goa Camp | Manisha Parekh | £4,000–£6,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunayani Devi | Untitled (Lady with Parrot) | $10,530 | Christie's, May 2017 | |
| Sunayani Devi | Untitled (Krishna) | Christie's, Jun 2018 | ||
| Sunayani Devi | Untitled (Dui Sakhee) | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Maqbool Fida Husain | Untitled (Horse) | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| Jamini Roy | Untitled (Mother & Child) | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| Sayed Haider Raza | Sans titre - 2008 | Artcurial, May 2026 | ||
| Francis Newton Souza | Untitled (The Gathering) | Bonhams, Feb 2023 | ||
| Anwar Jalal Shemza | Untitled (Abstract) | Bonhams, 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.