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Ram Kumar
(1924 - 2018)




Born in 1924 in Simla, Ram Kumar was among India’s leading modernists. He studied Economics at St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, in 1946. Following this, he went to Paris to study painting under Andre Lhote and Fernard Leger in 1949-1952.

Ram Kumar, like many of his confreres among the first generation of post-colonial Indian artists - including such figures as F N Souza, M F Husain, Paritosh Sen, Jehangir Sabavala, Krishen Khanna, S...



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  Lot 69 of 130  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
26-27 JUNE 2024

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Winning Bid
Rs 4,56,000
$5,494

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Ram Kumar


a) Untitled
Signed in Devnagari (upper left)
Charcoal, pen and ink on card
5 x 7 in (12.5 x 18 cm)

PUBLISHED
Meera Menezes, Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, Mumbai: Saffronart, 2016, p. 87 (illustrated)

b) Untitled
Signed 'Ram Kumar' (on the reverse)
Pen and ink on paper
5.5 x 7.5 in (14 x 19 cm)

PUBLISHED
Meera Menezes, Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, Mumbai: Saffronart, 2016, p. 81 (illustrated)

c) Untitled
Signed in Devnagari (lower left)
Pen and ink on card
5 x 7 in (12.5 x 18 cm)

PUBLISHED
Meera Menezes, Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, Mumbai: Saffronart, 2016, p. 81 (illustrated)

d) Untitled
Signed 'Ram Kumar' (on the reverse)
Pen and ink on paper
7 x 5.5 in (18 x 14 cm)

PUBLISHED
Meera Menezes, Ram Kumar: Traversing the Landscapes of the Mind, Mumbai: Saffronart, 2016, p. 82 (illustrated)

(Set of four)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
An Important Private Collection, New Delhi

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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