Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from a Private Collection, Brooklyn
Krishna Shamrao Kulkarni
Untitled
Auction Closed
March 16, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Brooklyn
Krishna Shamrao Kulkarni
1916 - 1994
Untitled
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated in Devanagari lower right
47 ¼ x 35 ¼ in. (120 x 89.5 cm.)
Framed: 52 x 40 in. (132 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1960
Acquired from the artist by Ambassador and Mrs. Kenneth Rush, India, early 1960s
Thence by descent
Ambassador Rush (1910 - 1994) was a life-long diplomat, business leader and educator. He served as Ambassador of the United States in France and West Germany. He is credited with playing a major role in the successful negotiation of the ground-breaking Quadrapartite Agreement in 1971 that ended the post-war crisis over Berlin. He was a key White House adviser in the Nixon and Ford administrations. Ambassador and Mrs. Rush would travel to India annually for business. Mrs. Rush assembled a large collection of contemporary Indian art.
Thence by descent
Ambassador Rush (1910 - 1994) was a life-long diplomat, business leader and educator. He served as Ambassador of the United States in France and West Germany. He is credited with playing a major role in the successful negotiation of the ground-breaking Quadrapartite Agreement in 1971 that ended the post-war crisis over Berlin. He was a key White House adviser in the Nixon and Ford administrations. Ambassador and Mrs. Rush would travel to India annually for business. Mrs. Rush assembled a large collection of contemporary Indian art.