Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art New Bond Street, London | 4 June 2019 Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art New Bond Street, London | Tuesday 4 June 2019 at 1pm VIEWINGS BIDS ENQUIRIES IMPORTANT INFORMATION Wednesday 29 May +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Tahmina Ghaffar The United States Government 9am to 4.30pm +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 207 468 8382 has banned the import of ivory Thursday 30 May To bid via the internet please visit [email protected] into the USA. Lots containing 9am to 4.30pm www.bonhams.com ivory are indicated by the symbol Friday 31 May CONDITION REPORTS Ф printed beside the lot number 9am to 4.30pm Please note that bids should be Requests for condition in this catalogue. 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For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licenses please contact Alban Shipping on +44 (0) 1582 493 099 [email protected] Islamic and Indian, Middle Eastern and South Asian Art London Tahmina Ghaffar Senior Specialist Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art Nima Sagharchi Director Middle Eastern, Islamic and South Asian Art’ Noor Soussi Junior Specialist Modern & contemporary Middle Eastern Art Oliver White Head of Department Islamic and Indian Art Matthew Thomas Specialist Islamic and Indian Art Flavia Deakin Cataloguer Islamic and Indian Art Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art Hong Kong Edward Wilkinson Global Head Executive Director, Asia Lilia Chen Senior Administrator New York Mark Rasmussen Specialist Head of Sales Doris Jin Huang Specialist 1 1 JAMINI ROY (INDIA, 1887-1972) Untitled Signed in Bengali lower right Tempera on weaved card 39 x 64cm (15 3/8 x 25 3/16in). £3,000 - 5,000 US$3,900 - 6,500 INR270,000 - 460,000 Provenance: Private Collection, U.K. Thence by descent. 2 JAMINI ROY (INDIA, 1887-1972) Untitled (Shiva and Ganesh) Signed lower right Tempera on card 68 x 33cm (26 3/4 x 13in). £5,000 - 7,000 US$6,500 - 9,100 INR460,000 - 640,000 Provenance: Private Collection, Singapore. Exhibited: Jamini Roy: From Tradition to Modernity - The Kumar Collection, Museo delle Culture, Lugano Switzerland, 2015 Published: Sona Dutta, Urban Patua: The Art of Jamini Roy, Marg 2010, p. 91; A. Borellini, F. P. Campione, & C. Corni (ed), Jamini Roy: From Tradition to Modernity, Silvana Editoriale, 2015, p. 190 2 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 6 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 3 AR FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (INDIA, 1924-2002) Untitled (Head in Townscape) Signed and dated ‘57 upper left Ink on paper 19 x 32cm (7 1/2 x 12 5/8in). £6,000 - 8,000 US$7,800 - 10,000 INR550,000 - 730,000 Provenance: Private Collection, U.K. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART | 7 4 4 AR FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (INDIA, 1924-2002) Untitled (Man and Woman) Signe and dated ‘56 upper left Watercolour and ink on paper 19 x 24cm (7 1/2 x 9 7/16in). £7,000 - 9,000 US$9,100 - 12,000 INR640,000 - 820,000 Provenance: Private Collection, U.K.; Bonhams, Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, London, 7 June 2012, Lot 48; Private Collection, U.K. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 8 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 5 5 SADANAND K. BAKRE (INDIA, 1920-2007) TOWNSCAPE Untitled (Townscape) Signed and inscribed ‘LAD8434/ S.K. BAKRE/ 19 ST. HELEN’S GDNS/ LONDON/ W.10’ on reverse Oil on board 45 x 120cm (17 11/16 x 47 1/4in). £7,000 - 9,000 US$9,100 - 12,000 INR640,000 - 820,000 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART | 9 6 6 B. PRABHA (INDIA, 1933-2001) Untitled Signed and dated indistinctly centre right Oil on canvas 63 x 77cm (24 13/16 x 30 5/16in). £7,000 - 9,000 US$9,100 - 12,000 INR640,000 - 820,000 Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; Gita Art Gallery, New Delhi, India; Private Collection, U.K. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 10 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 7 7 SYED HAIDER RAZA (INDIA, 1922-2016) Untitled Signed and dated ‘49 lower right, Chemould framing label on reverse Gouache on paper 42 x 40cm (16 9/16 x 15 3/4in). £10,000 - 12,000 US$13,000 - 16,000 INR910,000 - 1,100,000 Provenance: Private Collection, U.K. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART | 11 8 SYED HAIDER RAZA (INDIA, 1922-2016) Born in 1922, Raza was awarded a scholarship to study at the Untitled (Paysage) acclaimed Sir J.J. School of Art in Bombay. Declared too late, he was Signed and dated ‘56 lower centre not granted admission and instead lived in Bombay as a struggling Oil on canvas artist.