
Oliver White
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Sold for £13,812.50 inc. premium
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Provenance
Private UK collection: formerly in the possession of the seller's grandmother. Three letters offered with the paintings show that they were sold in 1959 privately for £7. 10 shillings.
This large group, in unusually small, postcard-size format, mostly comprises the familiar Kalighat depictions of Hindu deities and mythological figures. There are also five with 'genre' subjects, including the well-known cat with a fish in its mouth, and a Calcutta courtesan.