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Lot 66
Jehangir Sabavala
(1922 - 2011)

On the Brink of the Forest



This canvas, from 1960, is based on Sabavala’s early memories India. These flowers, blooming at the base of some trees on a verdant slope, are perhaps part of Sabavala’s reminiscences of in Mahableshwar, a hillside retreat close to his home in the city of Mumbai where his family maintained a house. As Ranjit Hoskote puts it, “His celebration of the ecstasy and trauma of the natural world, which was to be evinced with increasing strength in his...



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  Lot 66 of 160  

AUCTION DEC 06
6-7 DECEMBER 2006

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Winning Bid
Rs 50,37,450
$117,150

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Jehangir Sabavala
On the Brink of the Forest

Signed and dated in English (lower left)
1960
Oil on canvas pasted on board
35 x 23.5 in (88.9 x 59.7 cm)

Category: Painting
Style: Landscape


 









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