Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

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Property from the Estate of Dr. Frank E. Harris

Sayed Haider Raza

Crepuscule

Auction Closed

October 24, 04:35 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Dr. Frank E. Harris

Sayed Haider Raza

1922 - 2016

Crepuscule


Oil on canvas

Signed and dated 'RAZA '59' lower right and further signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'RAZA / "Crepuscule" / P. 263 '59 Retouched_ 1961_ R' on reverse

Further stamped '20F' and inscribed '709' on stretcher and bearing Lanyon Gallery stamp on label on stretcher

73.3 x 60.2 cm. (28 ¾ x 23 ⅝ in.)

Painted in 1959

Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris
Acquired from Galerie Dresdnere, Montreal & Toronto (inventory no. 709), 29 January 1960
Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris, October 1961
Lanyon Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Acquired from the above by Dr. Frank E. Harris, 29 October 1964

Dr. Harris was a teaching professor at the University of Utah in physics and chemistry, while also engaged as a research professor as part of the Quantum Theory Project at the University of Florida.

This work will be included in a revised edition of SH RAZA, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I (1958 - 1971) by Anne Macklin on behalf of The Raza Foundation, New Delhi (image ref SR4445)