This painting was discovered hanging on the back of a door in an English cottage by the daughter of an “eccentric” collector after his death earlier than it went up for auction at Hansons in January. Verkins is believed to be the name of the artist who painted the work, who has pale into obscurity. How an exhibition of sculptures at Mumbai’s CSMVS allows one to take a glance at vintage art not from the same old vantage point of Europe but of India.
- The piece will travel next spring to Madrid’s Museo National Thyssen-Bornemisza, which her family founded.
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