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Lot No :

PHOTO SERVICE COMPANY

SET OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS


Estimate: Rs 1,40,000-Rs 1,80,000 ( $1,920-$2,470 )


Set of Four Photographic Portraits of Indian Freedom Fighters


a) Untitled (Rabindranath Tagore)
Silver gelatin print
Circa 1940s
19.5 x 15.5 in (49.4 x 39.5 cm)

b) Untitled (Jawaharlal Nehru)
Silver gelatin print
Circa 1940s
20 x 16 in (50.5 x 40.8 cm)


c) Untitled (Subhash Chandra Bose)
Ink stamped ''Photo Service Co.'' (on the reverse)
Silver gelatin print
Circa 1940s
19.75 x 15.75 in (50 x 40 cm)

d) Untitled (Vallabhbhai Patel)
Ink stamped ''Photo Service Co.'' (on the reverse)
Silver gelatin print
Circa 1940s
18 x 14.5 in (46 x 37 cm)


The Matzine Studio in Shimla was started by Lala Lachhi Ram, who later went on to establish the Photo Service Company in the year 1927 in Kashmere Gate, Delhi. After his demise, his son Dev Raj Sud took over the business until it finally closed its operations in the year 1999.

This work will be shipped unframed

(Set of four)