Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from a Private Collection, Seattle
Mohan Samant
Untitled
Auction Closed
March 20, 05:04 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Seattle
Mohan Samant
1924 - 2004
Untitled
Mixed media on canvas
Signed 'SAMANT' lower left
Bearing distressed World House Galleries, New York label on reverse: 'SAMANT, Mohan PRICE 1200-'
50 x 42 in. (127 x 106.7 cm.)
Executed circa early 1960s
Gifted to Ronald Barnett by the artist, 1963
Thence by descent
Ronald Barnett met Mohan Samant in Washington Square Park in the early 1960s, while Samant was in New York on a Rockefeller Fellowship. They connected over a love of art and culture and Samant introduced Barnett to the community of Indian artists living and working in New York at the time. The current lot was gifted to Barnett in 1963 before his brief return to India. Samant permanently settled in New York from 1968, and he remained friends with Barnett until his death in 2004. This painting is a testament to their enduring friendship.