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Lot 59
Tyeb Mehta
(1925 - 2009)
Woman and a Bird



This painting titled "Woman with a Bird" was painted in the 1950`s when Tyeb Mehta`s subjects revolved around solitary figures, with muted colors, pervaded with a sense of melancholy. This is distinct from the palette of brighter and lighter colors that the artist adopted in the mid 1960`s when he returned to India after a 5 year stint in Europe. It was also later that he adopted the macabre distortionist style of Sir Francis Bacon and the flat...



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  Lot 59 of 223  

AUCTION 2002 (MAY)
13-16 MAY 2002
Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 11,28,000
$23,500



ARTWORK DETAILS

Tyeb Mehta
 Woman and a Bird

 Signed in English (lower right)
Circa 1950`s
Oil on board
40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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