Live Auction 2723South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
AKBAR PADAMSEE (B. 1928)
Lot 109 THE COLLECTION OF NORMAN AND MADELINE SWALLOW

AKBAR PADAMSEE (B. 1928)

Untitled (Houses)

Closed17 September 2013

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AKBAR PADAMSEE (B. 1928)
Untitled (Houses)
inscribed 'Epreuve d'artiste' (lower left); further signed and dated 'Padamsee '61' (lower right)
color aquatint
19½ x 11¼ in. (49.5 x 28.6 cm.) plate; 22 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (56.8 x 38.4 cm.) sheet
Executed in 1961; Artist Proof

Acquired directly from the artist by Norman Swallow having become friends with the artist during his visits to London in the 1960s. During the early 1960s Norman Swallow was a documentary film maker for the BBC and Granada and made his mark with a series of reports from India.