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Jehangir Sabavala
(1922 - 2011)

Dark Silhouettes, The Moon



French art critic Louis Vauxcelles first used the term ‘cubism’ or ‘bizarre cubiques’ after seeing one of Georges Braque’s paintings in 1908. The term now describes a style of painting, pioneered by Braque and Picasso, where three-dimensional objects are split into their component planes so that they are represented in their entirety on two-dimensional surfaces. The resulting images are geometric, lit from various angles and can be...



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  Lot 4 of 140  

SUMMER AUCTION 2008
18-19 JUNE 2008

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Winning Bid
Rs 58,65,000
$146,625

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Jehangir Sabavala
Dark Silhouettes, The Moon

Signed and dated in English (lower left)
2003
Oil on canvas
51.5 x 35.5 in (130.8 x 90.2 cm)

PUBLISHED:
The Crucible of Painting: The Art of Jehangir Sabavala, Ranjit Hoskote, Eminence Designs, Mumbai, 2005

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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