Live Auction 1201South Asian Art
KRISHNAJI HOWLAJI ARA (1914-1985)
Lot 12 THE ESTATE OF KEKOO AND KHORSHED GANDHY
Property from the Collection of Rashna Imhasly-Gandhy and Behroze Gandhy

KRISHNAJI HOWLAJI ARA (1914-1985)

Untitled (Still Life); Untitled (Ballard Pier)

Closed19 December 2013

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INR 1,375,000

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KRISHNAJI HOWLAJI ARA (1914-1985)
Untitled (Still Life); Untitled (Ballard Pier)
signed 'ARA' (lower left); signed 'ARA' (lower right); inscribed 'Ballard Pier' with a study of a harbour scene (on the reverse); each bearing Chemould Frames label (on the reverse)
gouache on cardboard; watercolour on paper
11½ x 13 1/8 in. (29.2 x 33.3 cm.); 9 5/8 x 12¾ in. (24.4 x 32.4 cm.)
Two works on paper
2 (2)

Specialist note

"Leyden introduced me very enthusiastically to Ara. Ara came from a humble background and I remember Gallery Chemould sponsored his first exhibition at Chetna in the late forties. Rajeswar Rao, the writer, came down from Paris and Mulk Raj Anand was back from London, and we were keen that it should be a big success. I remember inviting people down the road from my home - doctors, dentists, people we knew personally, we told them to go and they bought paintings for Rs 200 or so." (Kekoo Gandhy, 'The beginnings of the art movement', Seminar, no. 528, August 2003)