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Lot No. 131
JEHANGIR SABAVALA

1922-2011

UNTITLED
30 x 60 in (76.2 x 152.4 cm)
Oil on canvas
1998
Signed & Dated: Bottom Left

` 2,50,00,000 - 3,50,00,000 | $ 308,642 - 432,099

Provenance: Property from an international collection

Jehangir Sabavala was born in 1922 into an affluent typically executed in his signature palette of subdued
Parsi family in Bombay, where he was nurtured in an oil colours. Initially focused on portraits and still-lifes,
intellectually vibrant environment. Sabavala began he gradually explored other styles, eventually
his studies at Elphinstone College, Bombay, before developing a unique artistic vocabulary. His cubist
graduating from Sir J J School of Art in 1944. He landscapes, such as the present lot, introduced
then pursued further education at some of Europe’s serenity and depth through the use of receding
esteemed art institutions, including the Heatherley geometric planes.
School of Fine Art, London (1945-47), Académie
André Lhote, Paris (1948-51), Académie Julian, Paris His paintings are held in prestigious collections in
(1953-54), and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, India and abroad. He was honoured with the Padma
Paris (1957). Shri by the Government of India in 1977 and received
the Kala Ratna from the All India Fine Arts and Crafts
Known for his distinctive style, Sabavala combined Society in 2001. Arun Khopkar’s film about his life,
academic, impressionistic, and cubist influences, ‘Colours of Absence’, won a national award in 1994.