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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED
PRIVATE COLLECTION, SWITZERLAND
57
S H RAZA
(1922 ‒ 2016)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'RAZA 1982' (on the reverse)
1982
Acrylic on canvas
31.5 x 31.5 in (80 x 80 cm)
$ 120,000 ‒ 150,000
Rs 76,80,000 ‒ 96,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Galerie Loeb, Bern in 1982
Germination
, 1987
Saffronart, Mumbai, 24 February 2016, lot 46
Sold for INR 3 crores ($441,176)
Raza's nostalgia for his homeland while he
was in France is captured in this flag of India
which he subtly painted into the present lot.