George Keyt

Born In Sri Lanka in 1901, he started exhibiting in the 1920's and the work from this period is strongly influenced by Buddhist and Hindu iconography. The 1930's saw him preoccupied with the depiction of episodes from the Buddhist Jataka or Birth stories, culminating in the representation of the life and times of the Buddha on the walls of the circumambulatory shrine room of Gautami Vihara in Borella in 1940. At the same time he was also exposed...
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Lot 35 Details

Spring Live Auction 13 March 2024

George Keyt

Untitled...

Oil on canvas

44 x 27.25 in

Winning bid
$61,463
Rs 50,40,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)


Lot 14 Details

Spring Live Auction: South Asian Modern Art 16 March 2023

George Keyt

Untitled (Girl...

Oil on canvas

33 x 20 in

Winning bid
$40,976
Rs 33,60,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)


Lot 79 Details

Winter Online Auction: Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art and Collectibles 9-10 December 2020

George Keyt

Untitled

Oil on canvas

25.5 x 26.5 in

Winning bid
$21,060
Rs 15,37,380
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)


USD payement only Lot 6 Details

Summer Online Auction 24-25 June 2020

George Keyt

Radha and Krishna

Oil on canvas

28.25 x 27.25 in

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Lot 28 Details

No Reserve Auction of Modern and Contemporary Art 16-17 April 2019

George Keyt

Untitled

Acrylic on canvas pasted on mount board

18.5 x 16.25 in

Winning bid
$11,400
Rs 7,75,200
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)






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