$3,500
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Modern & Contemporary Works of Art
Auction: November 3, 2013 2:00:00 PM EDT
Signed in Bengali bottom right, gouache on canvas
12 x 19 in. (30.5 x 48.3cm)
Provenance:
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Acquired before 1946 by Lt. Louis Hageman while flying "The Hump" during World War II.
"The Hump" was a dangerous route taken by Allied pilots in World War II to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai-shek and US Army Air Forces based in China.
By descent in family to current owner.