Francis Newton Souza

Houses in Hampstead

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseArtist's Resale RightVAT reduced rate

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September 30, 03:29 PM GMT

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Collection

Francis Newton Souza

1924 - 2002

Houses in Hampstead

Oil and polyvinyl acetate on canvas

Signed and dated 'Souza 1962' upper left and further bearing Gallery One, London label on reverse: 'Artist F.N SOUZA / Title HOUSES IN / HAMPSTEAD / Date / Index S/349'

89.5 x 145 cm. (35 ¼ x 57 ⅛ in.)

Painted in 1962

The medium for this lot should read: Oil and polyvinyl acetate on canvas, and not as stated in the PDF catalogue.

Gallery One, London

Phillips Bayswater, 20th Century British, Irish and Continental Paintings and Drawings, 14 November 2000, lot 64

E. Alkazi, 'Souza's Seasons in Hell', Art Heritage, Vol. 6, New Delhi, 1986-7, illustration p. 85

Maharaja Ranjit Singh in procession, riding on an elephant through a bazaar, by Bishan Singh, North India, Amritsar or Lahore, circa 1860-70

Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP

A large illuminated Qur’an, copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi, commissioned for Muhammad Ibrahim Bega Yuzbashi, Persia, Safavid, dated 1122 AH/1710-11 AD, with Qajar illumination

Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 GBP

Amiban, William Fraser’s bibi, by a master artist working for William Fraser, from The Fraser Album, India, Haryana, circa 1816

Estimate: 150,000 - 250,000 GBP

A line from the 'Baysunghur Qur'an', attributed to 'Umar al-Aqta, Herat or Samarqand, circa 1400

Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Jahangir as the Queller of Shah Jahan's Rebellion, India, Mughal, 17th century

Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP

A magnificent sabre by the Ottoman royal swordsmith Haji Murad ibn Khushqadam, Turkey, 16th century

Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Tabatière en or et émail par Jean Formey, Paris, 1756-1757, les émaux par Mademoiselle Duplessis

Estimate: 280,000 - 350,000 EUR

An impressive Samanid calligraphic bowl, Tashkent, 9th or early 10th century

Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 GBP

A portrait of Dakoo, a Jath aged 108 years, by a Master Artist working for William Fraser, India, Haryana, Rania, circa 1816

Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP

A Qur'an bifolium in Kufic script on vellum from the Mushaf Al-Hadinah, The 'Nurse's Qur'an', copied by 'Ali Al-Warraq, Qairawan, North Africa, 410 AH/1020 AD

Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP