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It is a compelling passion with me to keep alive and I cannot help painting or sculpting. I am traditionally trained and perfectly capable of accomplishing completely realistic work. But my interest in forms has gone far beyond the dull imitations of subject matter, which to me is almost unimportant. -- Sadanand Bakre PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CINCINNATI

SADANAND BAKRE (1920-2007)

Untitled

Details

SADANAND BAKRE (1920-2007)
Untitled
one signed ‘BAKRE’ and signed and dated in Hindi (lower right); further signed and dated in Hindi and inscribed and signed ‘01, 9698434 / S. K. BAKRE / 19, ST, HELENS GDNS / LONDON. W. 10’ (on the reverse);
signed ‘BAKRE’ and signed and dated in Hindi (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.) each
(2)Painted in 1968; two works on canvas
2

Provenance

Aquired directly from the artist by Jo Long, Cincinnati, Ohio
Acquired from the above in the early 1980s

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