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F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)

Temple Dancer



The present lot, Temple Dancer, painted during one of the most successful periods of Souza's career - London in the 1950s - demonstrates Souza's refined technique with figuration. Souza leaves the visage free of his trademark crosshatching technique, or any form of distortion, but adopts the classic stare reminiscent of paintings seen in Spanish Romanesque art. The demure pose, contrasting with the fierce expression, bears a sculpturesque...



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  Lot 75 of 87  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
8 SEPTEMBER 2016

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F N Souza
Temple Dancer

Signed and dated 'Souza 57' (upper left); inscribed and dated 'F. N. SOUZA / TEMPLE DANCER - 1957' (on the reverse)
1957
Oil on board
47.75 x 23.75 in (121.2 x 60.2 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Christie's, New York, 30 March 2006, lot 32
Private Collection, New Delhi

EXHIBITED:
Mumbai Modern: Progressive Artists Group 1947 - 2013, Mumbai: Delhi Art Gallery, 26 October - 31 December 2013

PUBLISHED:
Kishore Singh ed., Continuum: Progressive Artists' Group, New Delhi: Delhi Art Gallery, 2011, p. 246 (illustrated)
Kishore Singh ed., Mumbai Modern: Progressive Artists Group 1947 - 2013, New Delhi: Delhi Art Gallery, 2013, p. 291 (illustrated)
Kishore Singh ed., The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art - Edition Two, New Delhi: Delhi Art Gallery, 2013, p. 119 (illustrated)
Kishore Singh ed., A Visual History of Indian Modern Art, Volume V: Rise of Modernism, New Delhi: Delhi Art Gallery, 2015, p. 1003 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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