Lot 126
  • 126

J. Sultan Ali

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • J. Sultan Ali
  • Penance
  • Signed in Devanagari and 'Sultan Ali 1963' lower center
    Bearing a Lalit Kala Akademi National Exhibition of Art label on reverse 
  • Oil on canvas 
  • 30 x 36 in. (76.3 x 91.6 cm.)
  • Painted in 1963

Provenance

Acquired in Toronto in 2015

Condition

There is wear and associated losses around the edges of the painting. Cracking to pigment and small spots of loss are visible throughout. A tiny abrasion with loss and fabric pulling is also visible upon close inspection, to the left of the signature. The painting would benefit from some stabilization and consolidation by a professional restorer.
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