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Himmat Shah
(1933 - 2025)
Untitled



Himmat Shah was raised in the shadow of the Indus Valley Civilisation site in Lothal, Gujarat. An awareness of historical memory seeped into the artist’s practise and his works recalled, in the words of poet Prayag Shukla, “our villages, our ancestral homes, and our racial memory.” (Shukla quoted in Gayatri Sinha, An Unreasoned Act of Being: Sculptures by Himmat Shah, Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing and Hampshire: Lund Humphries, 2007, p....



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  Lot 91 of 155  

25TH ANNIVERSARY SALE | ONLINE
2-3 APRIL 2025
Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 50,40,000
$59,294
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Himmat Shah
 Untitled

 Signed, inscribed and stamped 'HIMMAT/ 5/5/ BRONZE AGE/ LONDON' (on the reverse)
Bronze
Height: 34.75 in (88.5 cm)
Width: 12.5 in (32 cm)
Depth: 9.5 in (24 cm)

Fifth from a limited edition of five

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

EXHIBITED
Himmat in London, Mumbai: Saffronart, 17 December 2021 – 13 February 2022 (another from the edition)

PUBLISHED
Himmat in London: 36 Bronze Sculptures, New Delhi: Aleph Book Company, 2021, cover page and pp. 36-37 (illustrated, another from the edition)

Category: Sculpture
Style: Figurative


 









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