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Jehangir Sabavala
(1922 - 2011)

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose III



Painted in 2001, the present lot is part of a series of three still lifes that Jehangir Sabavala executed in response to Gertrude Stein's famous line from her 1913 poem Sacred Emily, 'A Rose is a Rose is a Rose'. Illuminating the inherent beauty in things we often take for granted, Sabavala's canvases from this period represent "…occasions of light, picked out and marked against the pervasive darkness of our times, visions of redemption". In...



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  Lot 36 of 80  

WINTER ONLINE AUCTION
12-13 DECEMBER 2011

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Winning Bid
Rs 42,00,000
$84,000

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Jehangir Sabavala
A Rose is a Rose is a Rose III

Signed and dated in English (lower right)
2001
Oil on canvas
29.5 x 49.5 in (74.9 x 125.7 cm)

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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