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Lot 2
Lalu Prasad Shaw | Untitled, 2016

Medium: Conte on paper

Size: 15 x 20 inches

Estimate: ₹ 3,00,000 - ₹ 4,00,000

Description

Lalu Prasad Shaw was born in 1937 in West Bengal and received a Diploma in Painting from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata in 1959. Shaw’s works are mainly in gouache or tempera. He was influenced by pre-independence Company School of art, traditional Kalighat Pat and Ajanta cave paintings. His works are simple and graceful and have a very still, well-composed and smooth exterior. The artist now lives and works in Kolkata.