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F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)

Untitled (Head)



"I use aesthetics instead of knives and bullets to protest against stuffed-shirts and hypocrites." -F. N. Souza in Words and Lines

At a time when Indian art was striving to balance issues of identity and internationalism, Souza emerged as a powerful and unabashed voice in modern art. A fearless iconoclast, his art developed its bold idiom owing to his traumatic childhood and troubled relationship with the Roman Catholic Church. ...



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  Lot 54 of 90  

MODERN EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
4 SEPTEMBER 2014

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ARTWORK DETAILS

F N Souza
Untitled (Head)

Signed and dated in English (centre left)
1961
Oil on board
29.5 x 23.5 in (74.9 x 59.7 cm)

PROVENANCE:
A Distinguished Private Collection, New Delhi

PUBLISHED:
Francis Newton Souza: Bridging Western and Indian Modern Art, Aziz Kurtha, Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 2006

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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