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PORTRAIT OF DIWAN BANDI BALAIAH NAIDU
34.2 x 48.1 inches (86.8 x 122.1 cm) | Oil on canvas, 1904
PRESENTED LOT
‘The Diary of C. Raja
Raja Varma’, edited by
Erwin Neumayer and
Christine Schelberger
and published by
Oxford University
Press, offers an
authentic account of
the artist brothers’ lives
from 1894-5 to 1905.
Brothers at work: C. Raja Raja Varma
and his brother, the iconic Ravi
Varma, painting a portrait at their
Mumbai studio in 1894. The brothers
collaborated on numerous artworks
through Raja Varma’s life.
