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Amrita Sher-Gil
(1913 - 1941)

Untitled



Amrita Sher-Gil displayed a prodigious talent for art from early childhood, obsessively filling sketchbooks with drawings and watercolours. Crayon illustrations of Hungarian fairytales during her school years in Dunaharaszti, Hungary, led to paintings of female fi gures depicted "in an emotionally charged and sensuous manner," (Vivan Sundaram ed., Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters & Writings, Volume 1, New Delhi: Tulika Books,...



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  Lot 48 of 81  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
21 SEPTEMBER 2017

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Winning Bid
Rs 57,60,000
$91,429

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Amrita Sher-Gil
Untitled

Watercolour and pencil on paper
13.25 x 9 in (33.8 x 23 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist's family

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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