Lot 62
  • 62

GULAM MOHAMMED SHEIKH | Untitled

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
  • Untitled
  • Signed and dated in Gujarati lower right and further signed 'Gulam mohammed Sheikh' on the backing board on reverse
  • Watercolour on paper
  • 35.8 x 22.8 cm. (12 ⅛ x 9 in.)
  • Painted circa 1997

Provenance

New Delhi, WFF Charity Auction - Preserve the Web of Life, 24 January 1998, lot 125

Exhibited

New Delhi, India Habitat Centre, Preserve the Web of Life, January 1998

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Preserve the Web of Life, Archana, New Delhi, 1998, unpaginated 

Condition

Slight rubbing to the paint is visible along the left edge and upper left corner. The edges are uneven including two losses on the lower left edge. There are also small spots of pigment loss visible on the backing paper. This painting is in good overall condition, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

This painting is from a series of small works the artist made for the Bhopal mural, titled Tree of Life in 1996.