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Krishnaji Howalji Ara (India, 1914-1985)
Untitled (Vase with Yellow Flowers)
Mixed media on paper
Signed lower right
29 7/8 x 22 in. (76 x 55.9 cm)
$3,000 - 5,000
As noted by Dalmia in The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Provenance:
Progressives, New Delhi, 2001, p. 133, “Ara’s achievement lay in fusing a Private Collection, Los Angeles
raw sensuality with a calculated structuring, thereby revitalizing the entire Acquired by the present owner’s parents in India in 1950s and 60s
still life genre. He constantly experimented with paint to acquire what he
describes as the ‘honest expression of form.”
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