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Wed, Dec 6, 2023 05:30PM EST
Lot 262

Francis Newton Souza, Attributed: Abstract Portrait

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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Francis Newton Souza, Attributed (Indian- American, 1924 - 2002): Abstract Portrait, 1986. Acrylic on paper, signed and dated upper left. The painting is mounted to black mat board, unframed.

Francis Newton Souza was an Indian-American British Asian artist. He was a founding member of the Progressive Artists' Group of Bombay. Souza's style exhibited both decadence and primitivism.

19.25 x 15.75 inches mat; 14.25 x 10.75 inches paper.

Private collection, Veronica Coutinho, India.

Condition

Excellent condition, no visible flaws; paper is toned verso.

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