Sadanand K. Bakre (Indian, 1920-2007).
Untitled (Abstract Cityscape).
Oil on canvas, signed in English and Devanagari 'Bakre 1970 (lower right), and on canvas verso, the artist's London address and telephone number, framed.
25 x 30in. (63 x 77cm).
34 x 38in. (86. x 96cm/frame).

Provenance: Purchased in London by William Odell See, V.P., San Francisco Banking Executive for Wells Fargo, late 1970s.

Born in Vadodara in 1920, Bakre emerged as a key figure in the development of modern art in India. In 1947, Bakre joined forces with celebrated contemporaries like Francis Newton Souza, Maqbool Fida Husain, K.H. Ara, H.A. Gade, and Syed Haider Raza to form the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group (PAG). Their collective aim was to challenge the revivalist ideals of the Bengal School of Art and to lead a bold, avant-garde movement that reimagined Indian art on a modernist foundation.
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