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Ram Kumar
(1924 - 2018)

Untitled



Born in 1924 in Simla, Ram Kumar was among India’s leading modernists. He studied Economics at St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, in 1946. Following this, he went to Paris to study painting under Andre Lhote and Fernard Leger in 1949-1952.

Ram Kumar, like many of his confreres among the first generation of post-colonial Indian artists - including such figures as F N Souza, M F Husain, Paritosh Sen, Jehangir Sabavala, Krishen Khanna, S...



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  Lot 58 of 100  

SPRING ONLINE AUCTION: SOUTH ASIAN MODERN ART
16-17 MARCH 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 9,00,000
$10,976

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Ram Kumar
Untitled

Signed and dated 'Ram Kumar 91' (on the reverse)
1991
Ink and pastel on paper
21.75 x 29.5 in (55 x 75.2 cm)

PROVENANCE
Sotheby's, New York, 1 April 2005, lot 154
Saffronart, 8-9 December 2010, lot 25
An Important Private Collection, New Delhi

EXHIBITED
Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, New Delhi: Saffronart, 14-31 December 2016; Mumbai: Saffronart, 14-26 March 2017

PUBLISHED
Meera Menezes, Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, Mumbai: Saffronart, 2016, p. 20 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 








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