Lot 59
MUHAMMED ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1897-1975)
Lot 59 Details
MUHAMMED ABDUR RAHMAN CHUGHTAI (1897-1975), Pakistani
YOUNG BOY, CIRCA 1945
Watercolour over pencil on heavy paper; certified, titled and dated “Around 1945” by the artist’s son, Arif Chugthai in 2016 in Lahore, Pakistan and stamped by the Chughtai Museum Trust, Lahore, Pakistan verso. Unframed.
Sheet 22" x 18.5" — 55.9 x 47 cm.
Estimate $10,000-$15,000
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Provenance:
Direct from the artist’s collection;
By descent to his son, Lahore, Pakistan
Note:
The artist’s son relates, “My father got married in the 1940s and was looking forward to children. At that time a number of works related to children were made including this work of a Young Boy. Chughtai executed a series of studies of young boys both in watercolour as well as etchings. The young boy in this work is wearing a Turkish Fez which was widely used at that time.”