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Signed and dated in Bengali (lower left)
Bearing artist's stamp (lower left)

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Dubai
Artiana / Sale 1801 / Lot 24 / South Asian Art - Classical, Modern, and Contemporary / Dubai / 10-14 May 2018

EXHIBITED AND PUBLISHED
Lalu Prasad Shaw: A Dual Discourse, The Fine Art Advisory, Dubai, 2015, unpaginated (illustrated)

Lalu Prasad Shaw

(b. 1937)
Born in 1937, in erstwhile Bengal, Lalu Prasad Shaw received a Diploma in painting from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata, in 1959. He has exhibited extensively in India and abroad since 1956, and some of his most recent solo shows include ‘Looking in’ at Galerie 88, Kolkata, in 2011-12; ‘Graceful Silence’ and ‘Sepia Notes’ at Art Musings, Mumbai, in 2011 and 2007; ‘The Myriad Minded Artist’ at Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata, in 2008; and ‘Painting’ at the Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata, in 1995. His work has also been featured in several group shows, and he has participated in art festivals and fairs all over the world since 1956. Shaw has received many awards, including the West Bengal State Lalit Kala Akademi Award in 1959, and the Birla Academy Award, Kolkata, in 1975-78. The artist lives and works in Kolkata.