BROWSE THIS AUCTION
Lot 71
 
Quick Zoom
F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)

Untitled



"It is in depicting heads that Souza introduced his most inventive features that bring to the fore his whole painterly arsenal. His use of colour is conventional with thick, rigid strokes of paint squeezed straight from the tube on to the canvas. Th eir burnished quality is reminiscent of the old masters, its expressive content not fully exploited and not in cohesion with the radical quality of the subject." (Yashodhara Dalmia, "A Passion for...



Read More
Artist Profile
Other works of this artist in: this auction  |  entire site



  Lot 71 of 78  

EVENING SALE | MUMBAI, LIVE
16 FEBRUARY 2017

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 33,60,000
$50,909

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

F N Souza
Untitled

Signed and dated 'Souza 75' (upper left); bearing Vadehra Art Gallery label on the hardboard (on the reverse)
1975
Oil on board
23.5 x 15.75 in (60 x 39.7 cm)

PUBLISHED:
Vinod Bhardwaj ed., Francis Newton Souza: Dhoomimal Gallery Collection, New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 2009, p. 194 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









Need help? Please check our guides on How to Bid. Auction Tips and FAQs.
Email [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Tel: +91 22 6855 4100 (Mumbai); +1 212 627 5006 (USA); +44(0) 20 7409 7974(UK); +91 11 2436 9415 (New Delhi)