FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002) Mother and Child signed and...

FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002) Mother and Child signed and dated 1960 upper right, pen and ink on paper, 42cm x 27cm

Provenance: Westvale, Nailwell, Bath. The former home of Baron and Lady Craigmyle.

Francis Newton Souza was born in Goa, India, in 1924, and would go on to become one of India s most influential Modern painters. His painting Birth (1955) depicting his mistress Liselotte posing naked while pregnant with their first daughter Keren, set a world auction record in 2008 for the most expensive "Indian" painting sold till then when it was purchased by Tina Ambani for US$2.5 million at a Christie's auction. In 2015, the painting Birth was resold to Kiran Nadar at Christie's in New York, fetching more than US$4 million