LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic on canvas

Measurements:

74.41 in. (189.00 cm.) (height) by 74.41 in. (189.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'RAZA '73' (lower right); signed twice, titled, dedicated, inscribed and dated 'RAZA 1973 "la terre", peinture faite Paris en 1973, posé au "manoir" Nonancourt le 1er Juin 1975, pour Pierre et Francette Rousel. RAZA' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Boulogne-Billancourt, Musée des Années 30, L'Inde tout de suite, May-July 2002. New York, Saffronart, Raza: A Retrospective, September-October 2007.

Literature:

Paule Gauthier, Raza, extrait de cimaise no. 130, Paris, mid-1970s, (illustratedm unpaginated). India: myth & reality, aspects of modern Indian art, exhibition catalogue, Oxford, 1982, p.15 (illustrated). Raza: a Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2007, p.65 (illuatrated).

Provenance:

Private Collection, France. Private Collection circa 2002. Christie's London, 30 June, 2008, lot 40.