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Sailoz Mookherjea
(1907 - 1960)

Untitled




Sailoz Mookherjea is regarded as one of India's earliest modern painters, and was featured, in 1979, on a list of Nine Indian Master Artists by the Archaeological Survey of India. Born in 1907 in Kolkata, Mookherjea received his diploma in Fine Arts from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta, in 1932. He then taught at Delhi Polytechnic, and served as Art Director at the Imperial Tobacco Company before moving to Paris in...



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  Lot 73 of 130  

SPRING ONLINE AUCTION
13-14 MARCH 2024

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Winning Bid
Rs 20,40,000
$24,878

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Sailoz Mookherjea
Untitled

Signed 'Sailoz Mookherjea' (upper left)
Oil on board
24 x 29 in (61 x 73.5 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE

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

EXHIBITED
88 Years – 88 Masterpieces, New Delhi: Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi in association with Dhoomimal Gallery, 25 January – 2 February 2024

PUBLISHED
88 Years - 88 Masterpieces: Master’s Artworks, New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 2024, p. 8 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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