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Shanti Dave
(1931)

Under the Shade



Born in 1931, Shanti Dave lived in the village of Badpura in north Gujarat with his mother and brother. Dave started his career in the field of fine arts as a signboard and banner painter in Ahmedabad. In 1950, Dave joined the Faculty of Fine Arts of the MS University in Baroda, where he obtained both his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in painting.

Today, Dave is know as much for his paintings as he is for his large murals...



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  Lot 34 of 65  

EVENING SALE | MUMBAI, LIVE
13 MARCH 2018

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 14,40,000
$22,500

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Shanti Dave
Under the Shade

Signed and dated in Devnagari (lower right); bearing Fine Arts College, Baroda label (on the reverse)
1958
Oil and mixed media on canvas
22.25 x 45 in (56.7 x 114.3 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, California
Sotheby's, New York, 19 March 2008, lot 6
Private Collection, New Delhi

EXHIBITED:
Goddess, Lion, Peasant, Priest: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art from the Shelley and Donald Rubin Private Collection, Atlanta: Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, 15 March - 15 May 2011; New Jersey: The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), 19 October - 16 December 2012

PUBLISHED:
Rebecca Brown, Goddess, Lion, Peasant, Priest: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art from the Shelley and Donald Rubin Private Collection, Atlanta: Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, 2010, pp.96-97 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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