Sayed Haider Raza

Udho Man Na Bhaye Das Bees

Auction Closed

March 18, 06:39 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Lura H. Smith

Sayed Haider Raza

1922 - 2016

Udho Man Na Bhaye Das Bees

Oil on canvas

Titled in Devanagari upper left and signed and dated 'RAZA '63' lower right. Further titled in Devanagari and signed, dated and inscribed 'RAZA / P_540 '63 / II / 25F' on reverse

32 ½ x 26 ½ in. (82.6 x 67.3 cm.)

Painted in 1963

Please note 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 SR4482).

Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris

Acquired directly from the artist in Paris, circa 1970

Lura H. Smith acquired Indian art from a friendship with the artists due to a connection with Abraham (Abe) Weisblat, Lura’s brother-in-law.

Abe Weisblat was an agricultural economist who worked with the Council of Economic and Cultural Affairs, a small organization funded by John D. Rockefeller III. In the early years, the Council provided travel fellowships to Asian artists. Abe sought out and identified many of these artists in the course of their travels. Amongst the awardees were Maqbool Fida Husain, Sayed Haider Raza, Krishen Khanna and Ram Kumar.

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 SR4482)