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Published 4th March 2021
Lost portrait by one of India s most famous female artists resurfaces after 90 years
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN
A long-forgotten painting by Amrita Sher-Gil, one of India s most important modern artists, is going under the hammer for the first time.
The rediscovered portrait is expected to fetch up to $2.8 million at a rare auction appearance for the painter s work, little of which remains in private hands.
Depicting one of Sher-Gil s friends, art critic Denyse Proutaux, Portrait of Denyse shows its subject wearing a red velvet dress in front of vividly colored flowers. According to Christie s, which is handling the sale, the oil painting was previously unknown to experts, having been in private collections in France since it was created almost nine decades ago. ....

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