Lot 16
  • 16

B. Prabha

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • B. Prabha
  • Untitled (Two ladies)
  • Signed 'B. PRABHA' indistinctly, lower right

    Bearing Bombay Art Society label on reverse

  • Oil on board
  • 56.2 x 99.3 cm. (22 ⅛ x 39 ⅛ in.)
  • Painted 1957

Provenance

Dölf Amacker went to India circa 1948, shortly after Independence and worked there as a young engineer. This work was acquired during his stay, between 1948-1961.

Exhibited

The Bombay Art Society, circa 1957

Condition

There are ten pinsized holes along the edges and the lower left corner. Cracking to pigment and paint loss throughout the surface mostly visible in the black paint. A yellow accretion is also present in the left centre.
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