Note

There is age related foxing visible on both the works. There are small tears towards the right edge and one small hole towards center right of the seated nude work.

Description :

B. Prabha was born in the village of Bela, near Nagpur in Maharashtra in 1933. She studied at the Nagpur School of Art and went on to pursue a Diploma in Painting and Mural Painting from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. She has an instantly recognizable style of painting and is popular for graceful elongated figures of pensive tribal women.

Two rare ink works by B. Prabha, depicting a seated female nude and a male torso, executed on the same date, exemplify the artist's mastery over the medium.

Size of seated female nude: 10 x 13 inches

Size of the male torso: 10 x 7 inches