Lot 180

India.- Khandalavala (Karl) Amrita Sher-Gil, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, Bombay, New Book Co., 1944

Hammer Price: £6,000

Description

India.- Khandalavala (Karl) Amrita Sher-Gil, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Umrao Singh Sher-Gil "in memory of his late wife Antoinet and their daughter Amrita Sher-Gil (in sorrow for them)... 9th October 1948" on first page, 20 mounted colour plates (one with light crease), numerous other plates and illustrations, some colour, occasional very light foxing, address labels sending the present volume from Umrao Sher-Gil in India to the recipient, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket with mounted colour illustration priced at Rs. 30/- on front flap, slight toning to spine, a few neat tape repairs to extremities, light surface soiling, 4to, Bombay, New Book Co., 1944.

⁂ The first in-depth study of India's most celebrated 20th century painter with a mournful inscription from her father in the year he lost his wife, rare in the dust-jacket.

Description

India.- Khandalavala (Karl) Amrita Sher-Gil, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Umrao Singh Sher-Gil "in memory of his late wife Antoinet and their daughter Amrita Sher-Gil (in sorrow for them)... 9th October 1948" on first page, 20 mounted colour plates (one with light crease), numerous other plates and illustrations, some colour, occasional very light foxing, address labels sending the present volume from Umrao Sher-Gil in India to the recipient, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket with mounted colour illustration priced at Rs. 30/- on front flap, slight toning to spine, a few neat tape repairs to extremities, light surface soiling, 4to, Bombay, New Book Co., 1944.

⁂ The first in-depth study of India's most celebrated 20th century painter with a mournful inscription from her father in the year he lost his wife, rare in the dust-jacket.

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