Nikhil Biswas (1930 - 1966)

Acquired from a private collector, Kolkata, April 2008

Buckling to paper. Slight wear and folding to corners of paper. There are pinhole sized marks at the four edges of the work. Very minor hairline craquelure to areas of thick impasto, example at blue and white pigment, left of blue horse's neck. There is a very minor area of flaking under the blue horse. There is a thin, wavy mark from bottom edge, left of center, probably inherent to the work. There is a thin, diagonal mark near red pigment at red horse's left foot, also probably inherent. This lot has not been inspected outside its frame.
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