Sale 2382
Hong Kong
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25 November 2007
Price realised
HKD 511,500
Estimate
MANJUNATH KAMATH (Born in 1972) Character in My Grandmother's Story signed and dated 'Kamath 06' (on the reverse) acrylic and oil on canvas 152.4 x 152.4 cm. (60 x 60 in.) Painted in 2006
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Exhibited
New Delhi, Gallery Espace, Something Happened, April 2006.
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