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F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)
Untitled



The present lot was painted in the year Souza moved to New York, where he continued to create with the same fervour that had made him a highly successful artist in London. The present lot contrasts a distorted head against a yellow background with scrolling leaves. With no discernible facial features, the subject appears to face the viewer. Souza's paintings were seldom studies or reproductions of what he saw. As the artist once commented,...



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  Lot 92 of 150  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
13-14 JUNE 2018
Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 42,00,000
$63,636
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

F N Souza
 Untitled

 Signed and dated 'Souza 1967' (upper right)
1967
Oil and pencil on paper pasted on canvas
30 x 24 in (76.2 x 61 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, New York
Sotheby's, London, 6 October 2015, lot 97
An Important Private Collection, New Delhi

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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