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Jehangir Sabavala
(1922 - 2011)

Seated Nude




"My art, a mixture of academic, impressionist and cubist texture, form and colour, acquired a distinct style in the mid ’60s. And with each step I have evolved a new experience. But if I look back, I find I have carried all the elements forward."

Born in 1922 in Mumbai, Jehangir Sabavala studied at the best-known art colleges of the world. After receiving his first fine arts diploma from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, in...



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  Lot 45 of 102  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART
28-29 JUNE 2023

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Rs 5,40,000
$6,626

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Jehangir Sabavala
Seated Nude

Inscribed, dated and signed 'London '46/ Sabavala' (lower right)
1946
Pencil on paper pasted on mount board
13 x 8 in (32.9 x 20.1 cm)

PROVENANCE
Saffronart, Mumbai, 24 February 2016, lot 19
Private Collection, Mumbai

PUBLISHED
Mulk Raj Anand ed., Sabavala, Mumbai: Vakil & Sons Pvt Ltd, 1966, p. 12 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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