Lot 18
  • 18

Jyoti Bhatt

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jyoti Bhatt
  • Women from Saurashtra
  • Signed in Gujarati lower right and further signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'FOR Competition / ARTIST - Jyoti M. Bhatt/ Title - WOMEN FROM SAURASHTRA / PRICE: Rs. 250 / TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONLY / DATE OF PAINTING - 1958 / Jyoti M. Bhatt / c/o FINE ARTS COLLEGE/ UNIVERSITY ROAD/ BARODA - 2 / This is neither a copy nor an imitation. Jyoti.' on label on reverse
  • Oil on board
  • 59.7 x 50.4 cm. (23 ½ x 19 ⅞ in.)
  • Painted in 1958

Provenance

Acquired from a private New Delhi collector

Sotheby's New York, 10 September 2012, lot 60

Literature

R. Karoode et. al., Jyoti Bhatt - Parallels that Meet, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2007, illustration p. 78

Condition

There is hairline craquelure and small losses present throughout. UV light: Retouchings are visible throughout but most notably around the edges of the painting.
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