LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

77.95 in. (198.00 cm.) (height) by 30.31 in. (77.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Singed and dated 59 lower right

Exhibited:

Along with other notable artists Anwar Jalal Shemza, Mariam Habib, Moyene Najmi, Ahmed Parvez, Shakir Ali and Sheikh Safdar, Ali Imam formed the Lahore Art Circle and they together throughout Pakistan. Ali Imam, like Shemza and Parvez, travelled to England and whilst in London, in addition to two solo exhibitions, Imam with Ahmed Parvez and Shemza, at Woodstock Gallery in 1958 at a show entitled 'Pakistan Group London: Five Modern Painters'. Safiuddin Ahmed and Murtaza Bashir making the five

Provenance:

Private US Collection,Acquired by the previous owner directly from the artist. The previous owner taught art history at The Central Institute of Arts & Crafts, Karachi, where Syed Ali Imam served as principal, Thence by descent