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Property from a Private Collection, France

Laxman Pai

Tricot; Untitled (Study for Tricot)

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September 30, 03:29 PM GMT

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12,000 - 18,000 GBP

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Property from a Private Collection, France

Laxman Pai

1926 - 2021

Tricot; Untitled (Study for Tricot)


Oil on canvas ; Ink on paper laid on board

Signed in Devanagari and signed and dated 'LaxmanPaï_54.' centre right. Further inscribed '138' on stretcher, signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Tricot" / Par / LAXMAN PAÏ / PARIS. 1954.' and bearing exhibition label on reverse: 'PETIT PALAIS - PARIS / EXPOSITION: ARTISTES ETRAnGERSEN FRANCE 1955 / OEUVRE: Tricot / PROPRIÉTAIRE: L. PAI - Inde / CATALOGUE No 138'

Signed in Devanagari and signed and inscribed 'Laxman / _ Av. 54 .'

99.7 x 81 cm. (39 ¼ x 31 ⅞ in.); 63.5 x 45.1 cm. (25 x 17 ¾ in.)

Painted in 1954; Executed circa 1954

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Gifted by the artist, Paris, circa 1957

Paris, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Solo Exhibition, February 1955 [Tricot]

Paris, Petit Palais, Artistes étrangers en France, June - September 1955 [Tricot]

R. Karode (ed.), Pai in Paris: Early Works, Delhi Art Gallery Pvt. Ltd, Delhi, 2006, illustration unpaginated [Tricot]