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Amrita Sher-Gil
(1913 - 1941)

Daughter of Farkas Khan



Amrita Sher-Gil started drawing and painting by the age of six, when residing in the Hungarian town of Dunaharaszti. According to her mother, Sher-Gil began "illustrating little stories I used to tell or Hungarian folk-songs of which she was very fond. Later on she would compose her own fairy stories, illustrating them with coloured crayons." (Marie Antoinette quoted in Yashodhara Dalmia, Amrita Sher?Gil: A Life, New Delhi: Penguin, 2006,...



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  Lot 6 of 102  

WINTER ONLINE AUCTION
14-15 DECEMBER 2022

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Winning Bid
Rs 21,60,000
$26,341

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Amrita Sher-Gil
Daughter of Farkas Khan

Inscribed in Hungarian and dated '1923' (on the reverse)
1923
Watercolour and pencil on paper
7.5 x 6 in (18.8 x 15.2 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist's family
Private Collection, Mumbai

PUBLISHED
Vivan Sundaram, Amrita Sher-Gil : A Self Portrait in Letters and Writings (Volume 1), New Delhi: Tulika Books, 2010, p. 14 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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