

Lot 141
Hubert Stowitts (1892-1953) Two Rajasthani portraits: Las Das Bandari, an ascetic; Bura Das Bandari (2)
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,200 - £1,500
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Two Rajasthani portraits: Las Das Bandari, an ascetic; Bura Das Bandari
Two Rajasthani portraits: Las Das Bandari, an ascetic; Bura Das Bandari
tempera on canvas, signed and dated 1930 upper right and upper left respectively, the first inscribed on the stretcher with the title and Jaipur, the second with label of the California Museum Foundation, unframed
73 x 60.5 cm.(2)
73 x 60.5 cm.(2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
The estate of the artist.
Mr Robert Lynch, Los Angeles.
The California Museum Foundation, Los Angeles.
Sotheby's, Indian Miniatures, the Travel Sale, India and the Far East, Modern & Contemporary South Asian Paintings, London, 8th June 2000, lots 169 and 171.
Private UK collection.
Exhibited:
'Vanishing India' series; Paris, Galerie de la Renaissance; Los Angeles County Museum; Royal Colonial Institute, Amsterdam; Royal Museum of Art, Brussels; Imperial Institute, London.
The paintings were executed during Stowitts' visit to India in 1930. There is a museum in Los Angeles dedicated to his work.