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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 6 of 40  

SPRING LIVE AUCTION: SOUTH ASIAN MODERN ART
16 MARCH 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 30,00,000
$36,585

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Amrita Sher-Gil
Untitled

Dated '1926' (centre left)
1926
Pencil on paper
9.5 x 6.75 in (24.3 x 17.3 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE


This is a double-sided work

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist's family

EXHIBITED
Amrita Sher-Gil: Portraits and Reveries, Ahmedabad: Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum, 24 November 2017 - 30 January 2018

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 








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