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“Benares is important for me both as an artist and as a human being,
the first paintings came at a point when I wanted to develop elements
in figurative painting and go beyond it, my first visit to the city invoked
an emotional reaction as it had peculiar associations. But such romantic
ideas were dispelled when I came face to face with reality.”
RAM KUMAR
Benaras
Samuel Bourne, Wikimedia Commons
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, NEW DELHI
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RAM KUMAR
(b. 1924)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari and dated '1961'
(upper right); signed 'Ram Kumar' and
dated twice '1961' (on the reverse)
1961
Oil on canvas
26.5 x 26.75 in (67 x 67.9 cm)
Rs 40,00,000 ‒ 60,00,000
$ 63,495 ‒ 95,240
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist