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RAMESHWAR BROOTA (B. 1941)
Lot 60PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, INDIA

RAMESHWAR BROOTA (B. 1941)

Untitled

Fermé20 March 2008

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RAMESHWAR BROOTA (B. 1941)
Untitled
signed and dated 'R. Broota 1963' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 3/8 x 20 in. (79.3 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1963

Note du spécialiste

The earnest figure depicted in officer's uniform is Swadesh Mahan, a young Intelligence Officer instrumental in an early crackdown of criminal mafia members Sharad Shetty and Dawood Ibrahim in Mumbai in 1965.
Broota was inspired by unsung heroes fighting corruption and asked Mahan to sit for him after seeing the officer's photograph in the newspaper.