Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from the Estate of Lura H. Smith
Sayed Haider Raza
Untitled
Auction Closed
March 18, 06:39 PM GMT
Estimate
450,000 - 650,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Lura H. Smith
Sayed Haider Raza
1922 - 2016
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
Signed and dated 'RAZA ' 78' lower center and further signed, dated and inscribed 'RAZA / 1978 / 102 X 153 cms' on reverse
40 x 59 ⅞ in. (101.6 x 152.1 cm.)
Painted in 1978
Acquired directly from the artist in Paris, circa 1980
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 II (1972 - 1989) by Anne Macklin on behalf of The Raza Foundation, New Delhi (image ref SR1219)