Arup Das
They Belong to Village
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March 18, 06:39 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Arup Das
1924 - 2004
They Belong to Village
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 'arup Das. 1963' upper left and further signed 'Arup Das' and bearing Artists' Gallery, New Delhi label on reverse:
'TITLE. They belong to village. / ARTIST. Arup Dass. [sic] / PRICE. 460.00'
Inscribed 'NORAH MICHENER NEW DELHI INDIA 1964' on backing stretcher and bearing Artists' Gallery, New Delhi label on backing:
'"They Belong to Village" / by / Mr. Arup Dass New Delhi.'
30 x 36 ⅛ in. (76.2 x 91.8 cm.)
Painted in 1963
Private Collection of Norah Michener
Bonhams Skinner, Boston, Studio Art Online Sale, 9 March 2021, lot 1003
Norah Willis Michener was the wife of Roland Michener, the 20th Governor General of Canada and the Canadian High Commissioner to India between 1964 and 1967.