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Edwin Lord Weeks
(1849 - 1903)

Hindu Temple, Bombay



Edwin Lord Weeks was the most celebrated American Orientalist painter in the Paris expatriate community of academic artists during the late 19th century. He was known for his remarkable artistic talent that was enriched by an intrepid sense of adventure. Born to an affluent family of spice and tea merchants in Boston in 1849, he developed an interest in art and travel at an early age. His career as a painter of Orientalist themes began in 1872,...



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  Lot 31 of 77  

EVENING SALE
14 SEPTEMBER 2024

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 24,00,00,000
$2,891,566

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Edwin Lord Weeks
Hindu Temple, Bombay

Signed 'E. L. Weeks' (lower right)
Circa 1884
Oil on canvas
57 x 75 in (145 x 190.5 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE

PROVENANCE
American Art Galleries, New York, 15-17 March 1905, lot 275
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, New Orleans
Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1992, lot 86
Property from an Important Private Collection, India

EXHIBITED
Salon de Paris, Paris, 1884

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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