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Lot 249: Manchershaw Fakirjee Pithawalla (1872 - 1937)

Est: $12,000 USD - $18,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USSeptember 21, 2005

Item Overview

Description

Magistrate
Signed and dated on lower right: M.F. Pithawalla
Oil on canvas
31 x 25 1/8 in. (79 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

Dehli Art Gallery, New Dehli
Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai

Notes

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

Pithawalla was among the first generation of artists to graduate from the Sir J.J. School of Art at the turn of the 20th century. Working in a manner reminiscent of Raja Ravi Varma, Pithawalla is best known for his portraits of Bombay gentry. He portrayed the lives and likenesses of his patrons: the aristocracy and haute bourgeoisie enshrining the values of the Victorian colonial establishment through his lavish attention to detail.

Auction Details

Indian and Southeast Asian Art including 20th Century Indian Paintings

by
Christie's
September 21, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US