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Ram Kumar Untitled Masterpiece Fetches Rs 2.8 Crore at Auction
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Forbes India•17-10-2026, 06:58
Ram Kumar Untitled Masterpiece Fetches Rs 2.8 Crore at Auction
- •The oil-on-board painting titled Untitled by Ram Kumar fetched Rs 2.8 crore at a Pundole auction in December 2024.
- •Born in Simla, Ram Kumar studied art while pursuing a Masters Degree in Economics from St Stephen's College, New Delhi, and later studied in Paris.
- •Created in 1953, the painting depicts a contemplative seated woman in an interior setting, marking a departure from his usual office-going male figures of that era.
- •The theme of a woman admiring herself in a mirror reflects a modern interpretation of 17th and 18th-century miniature painting traditions.
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The oil-on-board painting Untitled by Ram Kumar was auctioned by Pundole's in December 2024 for Rs2.8 crore.
He focused on figurative paintings that portrayed the monotony and decay of urban existence, a style influenced by his time spent in Paris.
While his other early 1950s figurative works typically featured ill-fitted-suit-wearing, middle-class gentlemen, this 1953 painting depicts a contemplative woman seated in an interior setting.
