Multiple Authors
Untitled [A set of nine books on F N Souza]
a) Souza in the Forties , New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 1983 20 pages, including covers, which have 57 black and white images of paintings. Introduction by Jag Mohan. Text has a self-portrait by Souza dated 1982; stapled stiff wrappers 11.25 x 8.5 in (28.5 x 21.5 cm) A rare retrospective exhibition of the paintings and drawings done by Francis Newton Souza during the forties b) Drawing the Essence , New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 2005 31 pages; softcover 9.25 x 8.25 in (23.5 x 21 cm) It was a compendium of pieces from a winter 2005 exhibition that brought the trainees and masters together. It features a variety of drawings from the Ravi Jain International Centre for Arts and is a democratic collection that has not adhered to any one theme. c) Souza and Friends. Paintings and Drawings from the Masters of Indian Modernism , London: Grosvenor Gallery, 2002 16 pages, 47 catalogue entries, 10 illustrations, 6 in colour; paperback 10 x 8 in (25.5 x 20.5 cm) Exhibition catalogue of the show from 3rd to 27th September 2002. d) Souza '85 , New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 1985 10 x 6.75 in (25.5 x 17 cm) e) Vinod Bhardwaj and Brij Sharma, Souza: City of women , New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 2015 44 pages includes reproduction of two letters in facsimile by Souza; paperback 11.75 x 8.25 in (30 x 21 cm) f) Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen, The International Museum of Erotic Art , [San Francisco]: [The Museum], 1973 64 pages including full page illustration by FN Souza (1971), on pp. 24-25; paperback 8.25 x 5.5 in (21 x 14 cm) g) Souza 1940's to 1990's , New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 1990 paperback 10.5 x 8.5 in (27 x 21.5 cm) h) Francis Newton Souza , London: Julian Hartnoll Gallery, 1997 Large triple-turned folder, its six sides carrying 18 paintings by Souza [2 full-page] and 3 photographs of Souza, including one with Queen Elizabeth II. With an essay by Julian Hartnoll and a biographical chronology. 9.75 x 6.75 inches (24.5 x 17 cm) Catalogue of show at Julian Hartnoll's Gallery, London of 6-24 May 1997 i) George Melly, F N Souza: Religion and Erotica , London: Barklem.com Print & Publishing, 2005 88 pages with 74 full-page line drawings [3 of them double-page]. Has a one-page previously unpublished poem by Souza titled 'Mother of God', biographical notes and bibliography; stiff card with dustjacket 9.75 x 7 in (24.5 x 18 cm) Edition limited to 2000 copies. Early Religious and Erotic Drawings from the Estate of F. N. Souza (Set of nine)
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70
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7-8 MAY 2025
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