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Himmat Shah
(1933)

Untitled




Himmat Shah was born in 1933 at Lothal in Gujarat. After initially training as a drawing teacher, he studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of M.S. University, Baroda, from 1956 to 1960. He was a National Cultural Scholar in 1956, and received a French Government scholarship to study etching at Atelier 17, Paris in 1967.

Shah was a member of Group 1890, a short-lived artists’ collective founded by J. Swaminathan. The then...



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  Lot 69 of 81  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
21 SEPTEMBER 2017

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 45,60,000
$72,381

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Himmat Shah
Untitled

Signed and dated 'HIMMAT 06' and inscribed '4/5' (at the base)
2006
Bronze
Height: 57.75 in (147 cm)
Width: 15.5 in (40 cm)
Depth: 17.75 in (45.5 cm)

Fourth from a limited edition of five

EXHIBITED
Aspects of Modern and Contemporary Indian Sculpture, Mumbai: Saffronart, January 25 - February 15, 2007 (another from the edition)

PUBLISHED
Gayatri Sinha ed., An Unreasoned Act of Being: Sculptures by Himmat Shah, Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2007, pp.16-17 (another from the edition)

Category: Sculpture
Style: Figurative


 









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