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A A Raiba
(1922 - 2016)

Moonlit Night



A A Raiba was born in 1922 in Bombay, and enrolled at the Sir J J School of Arts in 1942, studying miniature painting techniques. On the advice of Langhammer, Raiba went to Kashmir between 1957 and 1959, and the valley "informed a substantial part of Raiba's art practice. He drew frequent allusions to humans, animals and folk motifs that he witnessed in the temples of Jammu and Himachal Pradesh. This was the period when he shifted his focus on...



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  Lot 50 of 130  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
26-27 JUNE 2024

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Rs 18,00,000
$21,687

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ARTWORK DETAILS

A A Raiba
Moonlit Night

Signed, inscribed and dated 'Raiba/ July 2005' (lower left); inscribed, signed and dated 'MOONLIT NIGHT/ Raiba/ May. 2005' (on the reverse)
2005
Oil on jute
29.25 x 44.75 in (74.5 x 113.5 cm)

PROVENANCE
Collection of the artist's family

EXHIBITED
A A Raiba: The Indian Master Painter, Mumbai: Nehru Centre Art Gallery, 15 December 2016 - 1 January 2017

PUBLISHED
A A Raiba: The Indian Master Painter, Mumbai: Nehru Centre Art Gallery, 2016 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Landscape


 









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