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F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)

Untitled



"But for art, man would die of boredom!"

Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. After losing his father at a very young age and being afflicted by a serious bout of small pox, he vowed to go about life his own way. Souza was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement while studying at the Sir J J School of Art in Mumbai. In 1947, he founded the Progressive Artists' Group along with S H Raza, M F...



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SPRING LIVE AUCTION: SOUTH ASIAN MODERN ART
16 MARCH 2023

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Rs 10,20,000
$12,439

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ARTWORK DETAILS

F N Souza
Untitled

Signed 'Souza' (upper right); dated '1952' (on the reverse)
1952
Pencil on paper pasted on mount board
10 x 7.5 in (25.5 x 19.2 cm)

PROVENANCE
Sotheby's, New York, 19 September 2007, lot 32
An Important Private Collection, New Delhi

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 








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