FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (INDIA, 1924-2002)
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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (INDIA, 1924-2002)

Untitled (Landscape)

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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (INDIA, 1924-2002)
Untitled (Landscape)
signed and dated 'Souza 61' (lower right)
oil pastel on canvas
22 1/8 x 29 1/8in. (56.1 x 74cm.)
Painted in 1961

Lot Essay

In this particular 1963 work, Francis Newton Souza demonstrates the inherent tension between nature and civilization. The artist's energetic and deliberate use of black lines vigorously sketch out a cityscape which seems to merge with the natural elements in the foreground.

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