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Francis Newton Souza Abstract Figure Drawing
Francis Newton Souza Abstract Figure Drawing
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Description
New York, India, England,1924-2002
Depicts a bald man with with angular facial details and nude torso on the back of a Gallery One London card. Souza studied at the at the Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai but was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement. By 1947 Souza founded the Progressive Artist's Movement alongside S.H. Raza, M.F Husain and K.H. Ara among others, with subjects ranging from landscapes to nudes and Christian iconography. His works can be found at the Tate Gallery, London and the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Ink on paper,Sight 7 1/4" x 3 1/2".Frame 13 1/4" x 9 1/4"
Signed and dated "Souza 59" upper left edge.
Purchase from a Saffron Art auction to a private collector in Chicago, now offered by a Massachusetts estate.
Condition
Dark spot to left arm of figure, frame with light surface wear, in otherwise very good condition.
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Francis Newton Souza Abstract Figure Drawing

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