Tag: life
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01 Painting, Yusuf Arakkal’s Untitled, with footnotes
Estimated for Rs 2,50,000-Rs 3,500,00 ( $3,050-$4,270 ) in June 2023 Yusuf Arakkal (1945 – 2016) was an Indian artist. Arakkal was born in Chavakkad, Kerala. Both his parents died when he was young. Leaving the comforts of his house behind, he left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter. The hardships…
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01 painting, Edmund Blair Leighton’s Faded Laurels, with Footnotes
Estimated at 185 000 – 231 000 USD in June 2023 Blair Leighton depicts an aged harpist whose fame has waned and is overshadowed by a younger colleague. The elderly man is shown sitting on the steps in the foreground of the image, and behind him the crowd is gathered outside the church gate to…
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01 Work, The amorous game, Berthold Woltze’s The annoying cavalier, with Footnotes, #96
The painting is set in a railway carriage, where there are two men and a young woman. She is dressed completely in black, and stares towards the viewer with tears in her eyes. The young woman is dressed in a black cloak over a black button-up shirt and a black skirt. She has a black…
Zaidan Gallery 