Nilima Sheikh

We shall meet again, in Srinagar

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March 18, 06:39 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Nilima Sheikh

b. 1945

We shall meet again, in Srinagar

Mixed tempera on vasli paper laid on mount card

Initialed in Devanagari and dated '2002' and inscribed 'THE BLESSED WORD AGHA SHAHID ALI' lower right

Further inscribed along lower edge: 'The Blessed Word: A Prologue' lower left and 'Reading Agha Shahid Ali - 5' lower left center

11 ⅛ x 28 ¼ in. (28.4 x 71.9 cm.)

Executed in 2002

Acquired from Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai

Mumbai, The Country Without a Post Office: Reading Agha Shahid Ali, Gallery Chemould, 9 - 30 April 2003

Exhibition catalogue, The Country Without a Post Office: Reading Agha Shahid Ali, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, 2003, illustration unpaginated

Y. Dalmia, Journeys: Four Generations of Indian Artists in Their Own Words: Volume I, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011, illustration p. 286

K. Sangari (ed.), Trace Retrace Paintings Nilima Sheikh, Tulika Books in association with Gallery Espace and Chemould Prescott Road, New Delhi, 2013, illustration pp. 190-1, 362