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Tyeb Mehta
(1925 - 2009)

Untitled



Born in Kapadvanj, a town in Gujarat in 1925, Tyeb Mehta believed, "In art you have to go on for a long time before you can say 'I have done something.'" Initially a film editor, his interest in painting led him to the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai from where he graduated in 1952. Between 1959 and 1964 he lived and worked in London. He also visited the US on a Rockefeller Fund Scholarship in 1968.

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  Lot 45 of 55  

SPRING LIVE AUCTION: MODERN INDIAN ART
6 APRIL 2022

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Winning Bid
Rs 48,00,000
$64,000

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Tyeb Mehta
Untitled

Signed and dated 'Tyeb 98' (upper right)
1998
Crayon on paper
25 x 19 in (63.5 x 48.3 cm)

PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 16-17 March 2011, lot 109
Christie's, New York, 18 March 2014, lot 229
Property of a Gentleman, New Delhi

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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