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Ram Kumar
(1924 - 2018)

Untitled



Born in 1924 in Simla, Ram Kumar was among India’s leading modernists. He studied Economics at St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, in 1946. Following this, he went to Paris to study painting under Andre Lhote and Fernard Leger in 1949-1952.

Ram Kumar, like many of his confreres among the first generation of post-colonial Indian artists - including such figures as F N Souza, M F Husain, Paritosh Sen, Jehangir Sabavala, Krishen Khanna, S...



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  Lot 54 of 78  

EVENING SALE: MODERN ART
16 SEPTEMBER 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 10,80,000
$13,012

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Ram Kumar
Untitled

Signed in Devnagari (lower right)
Circa 1960s
Watercolour, pen and ink on paper pasted on mount board
11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
An Important Private Collection, New Delhi
Saffronart, New Delhi, 10 September 2015, lot 66

EXHIBITED
Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, Mumbai: Saffronart, 14 – 26 March 2017

PUBLISHED
Meera Menezes, Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, Mumbai: Saffronart, 2016, p. 70 and back cover (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Landscape


 









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