Untitled (Portrait Bust)

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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
Untitled (Portrait Bust)
signed and dated 'Souza 64' (lower left); further inscribed 'B.S' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 7/8 x 26 in. (101.5 x 66.2 cm.)
Painted in 1964

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Lot Essay

I am a born painter, so I know that I am created by the forces of Nature to be creative and that the energy I deploy [...] with lines and colours, making strong monumental, memorable images [...] are the final results from the energy of the food I eat [...] so that all my behaviour, my actions, my thoughts, my art, everything I do is a Cosmic process in which, if there are "ups" and "downs" its because that's the way Nature dances!
(F. N. Souza, Writings and Statements by Souza, in correspondence with Dr. A. S. Raman, August 1986, unpaginated)

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