Somnath Hore
(1921 - 2006)
Wounds - 32
Somnath Hore was born in a village called Barama in Chittagong in present day Bangladesh in 1921. While he was still very young, he started making posters for the Communist party. It was with the help of the leader of this party that he was admitted into the Government College of Art & Craft.
Somnath Hore was born in a village called Barama in Chittagong in present day Bangladesh in 1921. While he was still very young, he started making posters for the Communist party. It was with the help of the leader of this party that he was admitted into the Government College of Art & Craft.
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SPRING LIVE AUCTION: MODERN INDIAN ART
Estimate
Rs 15,00,000 - 20,00,000
Winning Bid
Rs 48,00,000
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Somnath Hore Wounds - 32
Signed and dated 'Somnath Hore 1977' (lower right), inscribed 'WOUNDS - 32' (lower centre) and further inscribed 'Artist's Proof' (lower left)
This is an artist's proof
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITEDSomnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters , Santiniketan: Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University; Kolkata: Seagull Foundation for the Arts, 17 February - 1 March 2011Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters , Kolkata: Seagull Foundation for the Arts, 2011, p. 85 (illustrated)
Category: Painting
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