
Property from a Private Collection, Shropshire
Square Composition 5
Auction Closed
September 30, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Shropshire
Anwar Jalal Shemza
1928 - 1985
Square Composition 5
Oil on hardboard
Signed and dated in Urdu upper left and further signed, dated, titled, and inscribed '"Square Composition / 5" / Oil on hardboard / 61x61 cms / Shemza / 1963' on reverse
60.8 x 61 cm. (23 ⅞ x 24 in.)
Painted in 1963
Acquired from Mary Shemza, Stafford, circa early 2000s
Thence by descent
The owner’s father taught alongside Anwar Jalal Shemza at Ounsdale School, Staffordshire, in the mid-1960s, and remained a close friend of Mary Shemza after the artist’s death.
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