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PROPERTY FROM THE RUXANA PATHAN COLLECTION
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K H ARA
(1914 ‒ 1985)
Untitled
Signed 'ARA' (lower right)
Watercolour on paper
21.5 x 28.75 in (54.3 x 73.3 cm)
Rs 8,00,000 ‒ 10,00,000
$ 12,700 ‒ 15,875
PROVENANCE
From the personal collection of the artist
Franz Marc,
Das Blaue Pferdchen
, 1912
Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken
Source: via Wikimedia Commons
Ara educated himself on art from a wide variety of
sources, and the present lot has similarities with the
work of German artist Franz Marc (1880‒1916).
“Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the diverse
elements at the painter's command to express his feelings."
K H ARA