Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

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Property from the Patwant Singh and Romen & Rasil Basu Family Collection

Zarina

Untitled

Auction Closed

March 16, 05:25 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Patwant Singh and Romen & Rasil Basu Family Collection

Zarina

1937 - 2020

Untitled


Cast paper

Inscribed 'December 1981 _ / Happy Holidays _ Rasil and Romen _ / Thank you for a lovely Woodstock weekend and / the China buying trip. / Anita' on reverse

15 ⅝ x 13 in. (39.7 x 33 cm.)

Framed: 19 ⅝ x 16 ⅝ in. (49.8 x 42.2 cm.)

Executed circa 1981

Acquired directly from the artist by Anita Corey, 1981

Gift from the above to Romen and Rasil Basu, December 1981

Thence by descent


Anita Corey (1943-2017) was a very close friend of Romen and Rasil Basu and Patwant Singh. She was a distinguished architect and President of CHS Planning and Design Corporation, New York. She drew friends from the world of design and art together in her beautifully appointed home in New York.