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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Portrait)
signed and dated 'Souza 61' (upper right)
oil on canvas
253⁄4 x 23 in. (65.4 x 58.4 cm.)
Painted in 1961
Provenance
Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
Private Collection, New Delhi
Acquired from the above
Literature
F.N. Souza, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi, 1962, pl. 3 (illustrated)
Celebration, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi, 2016, pp. 32 and 191 (illustrated)
Exhibited
New Delhi, Kumar Gallery, F.N. Souza, 1962
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In Souza's paintings, the darkened image of Man emerges, virulently depicted, with malignancy of character pervading and eroding his features into strangely disturbing ornamental patterns. This horrific formalization has no precedent in contemporary imagery and remains convincing and potently revealing whenever Souza chooses to strike.
- James Burr, 1955

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