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Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
(1937)

A City is Known by its Statues



"You would never paint a religious picture in the secular and liberal atmosphere of an art school. You would never paint anything that you believed in. Someone should really work on how many themes artists deal with. They will find there are very few fit subjects for art."


Painter, art historian, and writer Gulam Mohammed Sheikh taught art history and painting for nearly three decades at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S....



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  Lot 76 of 78  

EVENING SALE | MUMBAI, LIVE
16 FEBRUARY 2017

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Rs 11,40,000
$17,273

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
A City is Known by its Statues

Inscribed 'A CITY IS KNOWN BY ITS STATUES' (lower centre); signed and dated in Gujarati (lower right)
2014
Watercolour on paper
23.5 x 35.75 in (59.5 x 91 cm)

EXHIBITED:
Masterpieces 2016, Mumbai: Taj Art Gallery presented by Aakriti Art Gallery, 11-13 November 2016

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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