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Himmat Shah
(1933)

Head of a King




Himmat Shah was born in 1933 at Lothal in Gujarat. After initially training as a drawing teacher, he studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of M.S. University, Baroda, from 1956 to 1960. He was a National Cultural Scholar in 1956, and received a French Government scholarship to study etching at Atelier 17, Paris in 1967.

Shah was a member of Group 1890, a short-lived artists’ collective founded by J. Swaminathan. The then...



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  Lot 130 of 140  

SUMMER AUCTION 2008
18-19 JUNE 2008

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 18,86,000
$47,150

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Himmat Shah
Head of a King

Signed and dated in English (lower left on base)
2006
Bronze
28.5 x 7 in (72.4 x 17.8 cm)

This is second from a limited edition of five.

Category: Sculpture
Style: Abstract


 









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