Rameshwar Broota

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October 26, 03:08 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Coups de Coeur: The Guy and Helen Barbier Family Collection

Rameshwar Broota

b. 1941

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Oil on canvas

Signed and dated in Devanagari lower right and further signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'R. Broota. / RAMESHWAR BROOTA / "WHAT TO DO" / 1970 / 178 cm x 127 cm / TRIVENI KALA SANGAM / 205 TANSEN MARG / NEW DELHI - 110001' on reverse

126.7 x 176.5 cm. (49 ⅞ x 69 ½ in.)

Painted in 1970

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Acquired directly from the artist at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, circa 1984

R. Karode, Rameshwar Broota: Interrogating the Male Body, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, 2015, illustration pp. 46, 225