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Amrita Sher-Gil
(1913 - 1941)

Untitled



Born on 30th January 1913 in Budapest, Hungary, Amrita Sher-Gil was the first important woman artist to emerge out of India in the 1930s. In her brief life span of 28 years, she led the modern Indian art movement, which was then taken ahead by the Bombay Progressive Artists Group.

A child of a Punjabi landlord father Sardar Umrao Singh Majithia and a Hungarian musician mother, Antoinette, both loyalists to the British Raj, Amrita had...



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  Lot 12 of 30  

SUMMER LIVE AUCTION
13 JULY 2021

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Winning Bid
Rs 16,80,000
$22,857

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Amrita Sher-Gil
Untitled

1925 - 1926
Watercolour and pencil on paper
11 x 8.75 in (28.2 x 22 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist's family
Private Collection, Mumbai

PUBLISHED
Vivan Sundaram ed., Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters & Writings, Volume 1, New Delhi: Tulika Books, 2010, p. 47 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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