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Amrita Sher-Gil
(1913 - 1941)

Henriette of the Court



Considered one of India's most significant artists of the 20th century, Amrita Sher-Gil started drawing and painting as early as 1919. At the age of six, residing in the Hungarian town of Dunaharaszti, she had begun, according to her mother, "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...



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  Lot 43 of 84  

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8-9 APRIL 2020

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Amrita Sher-Gil
Henriette of the Court

Inscribed and dated 'By/ Amrita Sher-Gil/ Henriette of the Court/ November/ 1926/ Simla' (upper left)
1926
Watercolour and graphite on paper
11 x 8.5 in (28 x 21.5 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist's family

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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