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Property from a Private Collection, Shropshire

Anwar Jalal Shemza

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.