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Ram Kumar
(1924 - 2018)

Untitled (Two Figures)



“I wanted to develop elements in figurative painting and go beyond it.”
- RAM KUMAR

As with many of his contemporaries, the early 1950s saw Ram Kumar move to Paris to study art. Despite being under the tutelage of André Lhote and Fernard Léger, Kumar developed a style that was distinctly his own – one that continued to evolve with every passing decade, seldom emulated, owing to its idiosyncrasy.

His work through the 1950s...



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  Lot 30 of 102  

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

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$600,000
Rs 4,89,00,000

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Ram Kumar
Untitled (Two Figures)

Signed and dated in Devnagari (upper right), inscribed 'This is to certify that: This is an original painting by Ram Kumar living in India/ V. Kumar For Kumar Gallery', bearing 'KUMAR GALLERY' stamp (on the reverse)
1960
Oil on canvas
31.75 x 20 in (80.6 x 50.8 cm)

PROVENANCE
Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
Private Collection, New York
Christie's, New York, 16 September 2009, lot 522
Private Collection, UK

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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