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F N Souza
(1924 - 2002)

Untitled



"But for art, man would die of boredom!"

Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. After losing his father at a very young age and being afflicted by a serious bout of small pox, he vowed to go about life his own way. Souza was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement while studying at the Sir J J School of Art in Mumbai. In 1947, he founded the Progressive Artists' Group along with S H Raza, M F...



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  Lot 45 of 121  

FROM CLASSICAL TO CONTEMPORARY
6-7 DECEMBER 2017

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Winning Bid
Rs 20,30,592
$31,728

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

F N Souza
Untitled

Signed and dated 'Souza 1948' (upper right)
1948
Gouache on paper pasted on mount board
20.25 x 13.25 in (51.3 x 33.9 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
Property from the collection of Sherie Meher Homji

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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