Lot 34 · Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Untitled (Head of a Woman)
Rabindranath Tagore · Watercolour and coloured inks on paper laid on backing paper
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- Estimate
- £270,000–£350,000 hammer ≈ $361,164–$468,175
- Result
- upcoming — 29 September 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, London · 29 September 2026
- Dimensions
- 43.3 x 28 cm. (17 x 11 in.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-17805808
- Record
- first seen 13 Sep 2026 · updated 13 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rabindranath Tagore, Untitled (Head of a Woman). Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2026, lot 34. estimate £270,000–£350,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17805808.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
87% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 86%, 80% sold.
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Rabindranath Tagore, Untitled (Head of a Woman). Sotheby's, 29 Sep 2026, lot 34. estimate £270,000–£350,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-17805808.
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 | Sunayani Devi | £6,000–£8,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled | Jagdish Swaminathan | £3,000–£5,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled (Houses) | Sayed Haider Raza | £70,000–£90,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabindranath Tagore | untitled (head of a woman) | $450,766 | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | |
| Rabindranath Tagore | Death Scene | Sotheby's, Mar 2011 | ||
| Rabindranath Tagore | Untitled (Couple) | Christie's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Rabindranath Tagore | Untitled (Three Bauls) | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Francis Newton Souza | Untitled (Landscape) | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Rabindranath Tagore | death scene | Sotheby's, May 2008 | ||
| Rabindranath Tagore | Untitled (Figure in Yellow) | Christie's, Mar 2016 | ||
| Rabindranath Tagore | Untitled (Self Portrait) | Sotheby's, Mar 2015 |
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.