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F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)

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"But for art, man would die of boredom!"

Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. After losing his father at a very young age and being afflicted by a serious bout of small pox, he vowed to go about life his own way. Souza was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement while studying at the Sir J J School of Art in Mumbai. In 1947, he founded the Progressive Artists' Group along with S H Raza, M F...



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  Lot 6 of 50  

SPRING LIVE AUCTION | MODERN INDIAN ART
11 MARCH 2021

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 19,20,000
$26,667

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

F N Souza
Head

Inscribed 'F.N.SOUZA' on the stretcher bar (on the reverse)
1959
Oil on canvas
9 x 7.25 in (23.1 x 18.3 cm)

PROVENANCE
Gallery One, London, UK
Sotheby's, London, 14 July 2005, lot 31
Saffronart, New Delhi, 8 September 2016, lot 5
Property from an Important Private Collection, Mumbai

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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