2 Jun 2010
14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern and South Asian Art
Back to auction 18329
Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern and South Asian Art
Back to auction 18329
Bhupen Khakhar (India, 1934-2003)
Republic Day, oil on canvas, signed lower right, on reverse inscribed with the artist's name, title, and the artist's address 4 Residency Bungalow/ University office Aven/ Baroda-2/ Gujarat State/ India, framed, 84.5 x 84.2cm (33 1/4 x 33 1/8in).
Sold for
£120,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Private German collection: this work was executed in 1972 and was acquired from the Surya Gallery in Freinsheim/Germany in 1973.
The Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on the 26th January 1950.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
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