Krishnaji Howlaji Ara

Hanging Fish

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Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Basel

Krishnaji Howlaji Ara

1914 - 1985

Hanging Fish

Gouache on paper

Signed 'ARA' lower right and further inscribed '15 / Ind 13' on reverse. Bearing a Chemould Framers, Bombay label on reverse of backboard

69.5 x 54 cm. (27 ⅜ x 21 ¼ in.)

Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay

Acquired from the above by Roland Christen, 1954

Thence by descent

Acquired from the above, Basel, 2025

Swiss collector Roland Christen (1913 - 1995) worked in India for the pharmaceutical company J.R. Geigy AG from 1947 to 1957. During this period, he assembled an extensive collection of classical and modern Indian art, while also sourcing material for the Museum der Kulturen, Basel. Following his marriage to Irma Dorizzi (1918 - 2006), whose family originated from Poschiavo, Switzerland, the couple donated a substantial portion of the collection to the local municipality. Today, the collection is permanently housed at Musei Valposchiavo, Poschiavo, where it is known as the Christen-Dorizzi Collection.

Bombay, Jehangir Art Gallery, K.H. Ara, 24-30 November 1954

K.H. Ara, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, 1954, no. 39 [enlisted]