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Ram Kumar
(1924 - 2018)

Untitled



Born in 1924 in Simla, Ram Kumar was among India’s leading modernists. He studied Economics at St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, in 1946. Following this, he went to Paris to study painting under Andre Lhote and Fernard Leger in 1949-1952.

Ram Kumar, like many of his confreres among the first generation of post-colonial Indian artists - including such figures as F N Souza, M F Husain, Paritosh Sen, Jehangir Sabavala, Krishen Khanna, S...



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  Lot 18 of 55  

SPRING LIVE AUCTION
13 MARCH 2024

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Rs 12,00,000
$14,634

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Ram Kumar
Untitled

Signed in Devnagari and dated '1973' (lower left)
1973
Ink and wax on paper; Ink and charcoal on paper
14.25 x 22.5 in (36 x 57 cm)

This is a double-sided work

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
An Important Private Collection, New Delhi

PUBLISHED
Meera Menezes, Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, Mumbai: Saffronart, 2016, p. 96 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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