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K H ARA
(1914 ‒ 1985)
Untitled
Signed ‘ARA’ (lower right); signed and
dated again ‘ARA 1950’ (on the reverse)
1950
Ink and watercolour on paper
22.25 x 15.5 in (56.5 x 39.4 cm)
Rs 6,00,000 ‒ 8,00,000
$ 9,095 ‒ 12,125
PROVENANCE:
Collection of the artist’s family
Gaitonde and Ara (centre) with work similar to the present lot in the
background. Extreme right: Dr. Homi Bhabha
Image courtesy of Ruxana Pathan
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Image courtesy of Ruxana Pathan
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F N SOUZA
(1924 ‒ 2002)
Untitled
Signed and dated ‘Souza 75’ (upper left)
1975
Acrylic on canvas
23.5 x 17.25 in (59.4 x 44 cm)
Rs 25,00,000 ‒ 35,00,000
$ 37,880 ‒ 53,035
PROVENANCE:
Acquired by the present owner from
Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
The monochromatic white works from
the seventies constitute a parallel to
Souza’s black works of 1965, but are
comparatively very rare. In both cases,
he experimented with the elimination
of colour to focus on line and texture,
and both bodies of work represent
important milestones in his oeuvre.
As a pre-eminent draughtsman, he
was fascinated by the challenge of
delineation in white on white.