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Sadanand Bakre
(1920 - 2007)

Untitled



Born in Baroda in 1920, Sadanand Bakre was a leading Modernist and one of the members of the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group, known for his innovative sculpting techniques. When his family moved to Bombay, Bakre joined the Gokhale Education Society school. Noticed by his drawing teacher and encouraged to paint, he took up painting seriously. He held his first solo exhibition of drawings of figures, pastel work, still life, water colour...



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  Lot 27 of 130  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
26-27 JUNE 2024

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 26,40,000
$31,807

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Sadanand Bakre
Untitled

Signed 'BAKRE', signed in Gujarati and dated in Devnagari (upper left); signed 'S. K. BAKRE', signed in Gujarati, dated in Devnagari and further inscribed '19 ST. HELEN'S GDNS/ LONDON. W 10' (on the reverse)
1963
Oil on board
23.5 x 23.5 in (60 x 60 cm)

PROVENANCE
Gifted by the artist to Mr. Absalom Peters, London, 1970s
(Mr. Peters was a friend of the artist. For a short time in the 1970s, they shared a flat in London where the artist used the back bedroom as a studio. Bakre gifted this work to Mr. Peters upon returning to India permanently.)
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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