Object lessons: Francis Newton Souza

F. N. Souza, Man and Woman Laughing (1957)
DAG Modern, India Art Fair, New Delhi, 2-5 February
Price $8MFrancis Newton Souza posed with this oil on masonite painting on the cover of the catalogue of his exhibition at Londons Gallery One in 1957. Painted during what many believe was Souzas golden decade, it used to be in the collection of Harold Kovner, an American who acquired several of Souzas works over a four-year period by paying him a monthly stipend.