Live Auction 7902The Art of Souza: Property from the Estate of Francis Newton Souza

FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924 - 2002)

Lot 83

FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924 - 2002)

Untitled (Nude with Garters)

Closed9 June 2010

Price Realised

GBP 127,250

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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924 - 2002)
Untitled (Nude with Garters)
signed and dated 'Souza 63' (upper right)
oil on canvas
60¾ x 37 7/8 in. (154.3 x 96.2 cm.)
Painted in 1963

Specialist note

Painted one year after Red Curse (lot 48), the protagonist here appears as a seductress, with powerful lines and vibrant colours, boxed in yet liberated as though the trap door of a magician's box.