Online Auction 18240South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Lot 33

FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)

Untitled (Portrait)

Closed22 July 2020

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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Portrait)
signed and dated 'Souza 61' (upper right)
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 23 in. (65.4 x 58.4 cm.)
Painted in 1961

Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
Private Collection, New Delhi
Acquired from the above

Specialist note

In Souza's paintings, the darkened image of Man emerges, virulently depicted, with malignancy of character pervading and eroding his features into strangely disturbing ornamental patterns. This horrific formalization has no precedent in contemporary imagery and remains convincing and potently revealing whenever Souza chooses to strike.
- James Burr, 1955

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