AMBADAS KHOBRAGADE | UNTITLED (SET OF THREE)

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September 16, 07:37 PM GMT

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2,400 - 3,500 USD

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, ARIZONA

AMBADAS KHOBRAGADE

1922 - 2012

UNTITLED (SET OF THREE)

Ink and watercolor on paper.

Signed and dated 'Ambadas 66' upper left and bearing Kunika Chemould Arts Center distressed label on reverse; Signed and dated 'Ambadas 66' lower left and bearing Kunika Chemould Arts Center label on reverse- ARTIST: AMBADAS / TITLE: 160 / MEDIUM: Watercolor / PRICE: Rs. 350/- STOCK REF. D1756 / FRAME: Rs 25/'; Signed and dated 'Ambadas 65' lower right

10 ⅞ x 20 ⅝ in. (27.9 x 52.5 cm.); 9 ⅞ x 15 ⅞ in. (25 x 40.5 cm.); 8 ⅝ x 13 ⅝ in. (22 x 34.5 cm.)

Frames (Three pcs.)- Largest: 17 ¾ x 26 ⅞ in. (45 x 68.3 cm.); Medium: 17 x 21 ⅞ in. (43.2 x 55.7 cm.); Small: 11 ¼ x 16 ⅜ in. (28.5 x 41.5 cm.)

Executed in 1966; Executed in 1966; Executed in 1965

Acquired in India circa 1960s by Prof. Derek Davenport

Purchased from the estate of the above in July 2017

Derek A. Davenport was Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Purdue University, West Lafayette in Indiana. A stalwart in the field of education, he traveled extensively throughout the world, including India where he spent two sabbaticals overseas helping to establish the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur in 1963.