a)
DAMERLA RAMA RAO MASTERPIECES
Rajamundry: Damerla Rama Rao Memorial Art Gallery and School
1969
pp. 18 + 11 tipped in plates
5-page biographical sketch
4-page foreword by K P Padmanabhan Tampy
4-page essay 'My Memories of Rama Rao' by Ravi Shankar M Raval
Wrappers with Rama Rao portrait tipped-in on cover
Size 14.5 x 10 inches
CONDITION: Covers detached, bottom 1 cm of the book damp-stained without affecting text or plates. Cover plate showing Rama Rao portrait partially torn with loss but not affecting the face.
Extremely rare
Partha Mitter devotes 4 pages to the forgotten artist in his The Triumph of Modernism, India's Artists and the Avant-garde, 1922-1947 [OUP, 2007]
b)
DAMERLA RAMA RAO 1897-1925
15 cards carrying the Andhra artist's paintings and a portrait issued by the art gallery named after him in Rajahmundry + 1 brochure in English and 1 in Kannada
Cards 8 x 5 inches each
All contained in a green envelope.
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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