Sailoz Mukherjea
Untitled (Figures in a Forest), circa 1950s
Oil on canvas
91.2 x 101 cm
35 7/8 x 39 3/4 in
35 7/8 x 39 3/4 in
Signed lower 'Sailoz Mukherjea' lower right
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'But – let us remember when he paints, what he attempts to do is not to demonstrate an abstract theory but to present, like Amrita Sher-Gil, his own country, and...
"But – let us remember when he paints, what he attempts to do is not to demonstrate an abstract theory but to present, like Amrita Sher-Gil, his own country, and his own people as he sees them. The India that emerges in his hands is as intimately Indian as the India we all love, whatever be the forms to he which he may reduce her."
A.S. Raman
This expressive painting by Sailoz Mukherjea was previously owned of a branch of the Ezra family, a noted Jewish family originally based in Calcutta. They moved to the UK in the early 1960s and brought this painting with them. It was later acquired by a British collector.
A.S. Raman
This expressive painting by Sailoz Mukherjea was previously owned of a branch of the Ezra family, a noted Jewish family originally based in Calcutta. They moved to the UK in the early 1960s and brought this painting with them. It was later acquired by a British collector.
Provenance
Ezra Family collection, Calcutta;Private UK collection
Exhibitions
South Asian Modern Art 2023, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 8-30 June, No.6, (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue)Join Our Mailing List
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