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RARE BOOKS, EARLY CATALOGUES BY AND ON F N SOUZA (SET OF 37)


Estimate: Rs 6,00,000-Rs 8,00,000 ( $9,235-$12,310 )


F. N. SOUZA, AN INTRODUCTION
By Edwin Mullins
London: Anthony Blond, 1962
pp. 108 with 66 full-page colour & b&w plates and 24 line drawings
Size: 9 x 8.5 inches
Grey cloth binding with title embossed in black on cover and spine. Theessay covers 45 pages and there is a 3-page list of collectors at the end.
The first and seminal biography and appreciation of Souza written soon after he had established himself in London and written by a close friend and critic.
A good copywithout dustjacket with the cover unevenly darkened.

WORDS & LINES BY F. N. SOUZA
LONDON: Villiers
1959
pp. 27 [with 18 line drawings in the text] + pp. 12 carrying 23 drawings
EDITION WAS LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES
size: 10 x 7.5 inches
Stiff card with dustjacket which has a tiny tear on front cover without loss of paper. Paper clip mark on top of title-page.

F. N. SOUZA: RELIGION AND EROTICA - Early Religious and Erotic Drawings from the Estate of F. N. Souza
Preface by George Melly
Edition limited to 2000 copies
London: Barklem.com Print & Publishing, 2005
pp. 88 with 74 full-page line drawings [3 of them double-page]
Has a one-page previously unpublished poem by Souza titled 'Mother of God', biographical notes and bibliography
Stiff card with dustjacket
Presentation inscriptionby George Melly on title-page

REBEL ARTIST: FRANCIS NEWTON by H. Goetz
The first published critical appreciation of Souza in a complete issue of "Bulletin of the Baroda State Museum and Picture Gallery", Vol. IV, Pt I-II (August 1946 to July 1947) edited by H. Goetz and published in Baroda in 1949. Printed at Sadhana Press, Baroda.
8-page essay + 1 plate carrying 3 b&w reproductions of Souza's works in the Plates section [Boats/ The Blue Lady/ Bathers].
Hermann Goetz, curator of the Baroda Museum, was an early admirer of the artist who, at this time, did not use the surname Souza. Of the 3 Souza works reproduced in the bulletin, two wereacquired by Goetz for the gallery [The Blue Lady, an oil, and Bathers, a watercolour]
The most elusive of all Souza-related printed material beyond newspaper notices. Souza was 25 at the time of its publication.
CONDITION: Ex-library softcoverin very good condition. No stamps except on cover. The frontispiece is a b & w reproduction of K K Hebbar's oil painting showing Mahatma Gandhi in his dying moments.
Size: 10 x 7.5 inches

SOUZA 57
Gallery One, London catalogue issued in1957
pp. 20 with 2-page biographical note, 12 full-pageb&w images of paintings, 1 b&w portrait of Souza
Stapled pink wrappers / 9 x 6 inches
Covers a little soiled
RARE

F. N. SOUZA 1959
Gallery One, London catalogue
pp. 8 with 1-page essay by Nevile Wallis, 4 full-page b&w imagesofpaintings, 1 b&w portrait of Souza, 1 b&w photograph of Souza's studio floor
Stapled beige wrappers / 9 x 6 inches
RARE

F N SOUZA
Gallery One, London catalogue
c. 1961
pp. 24 with 11 quotes by Souza, 5 b&w full-page images ofpaintings, 1 b&w portrait of Souza, 1 double-page colour spread of painting, 3-page biographical note, 3-page bibliography, 4-page list of Souza collectors.
Stapled green wrappers / 7 x 7 inches
Vertical fold mark in the middle
RARE

F N SOUZA
Gallery One, London catalogue
November-December 1962
Pp. 20 with 6 b&w illustrations, 3 colour tipped-in plates
Includes 1-page Introduction by Andrew Sinclair, biographicalnote, selected bibliography and list of Souza collectors
Stapled softcover / 11 x 9.5 inches
RARE

SOUZA IN THE FORTIES - A rare retrospective exhibition of the paintings and drawings done by Francis Newston Souza during the forties
New Delhi: Dhoomi Mal Gallery
1983
pp. 20 including covers which has 57 b&w images of paintings. Introduction by Jag Mohan.
Text has a self-portrait by Souza dated 1982
Stapled stiff wrappers / 11 x 8.5 inches
RARE

LINES TO A GIRL AND SOME WORDS ON LIFE by F. N. Souza
10-page short story in "The First Writers Workshop Literary Reader" edited by P. Lal and published in Calcutta in 1972.
Other contributors include Satyajit Ray, Raja Rao, G. V. Desani, Kabir Bedi and M. J. Akbar
Cloth hardback with printed paper wraparound loosely inserted
9 x 5.5 inches

VOLTE-FACE: SOUZA'S ICONOCLASTIC VISION
Curated by Yashodhara Dalmia
Dhoomimal Gallery
2010
pp. 16 with 7 full-page colour images of paintings and 1 line drawing
Essay and 2-page interview with Souza by Dalmia
Wrappers / 10 x 8 inches

BAIJU PARTHAN, F.N. SOUZA LOS ANGELES
Issued by Saffronart& Apparao Galleries
2001
pp. 28 with Souza portrait on cover and 31 Souzapaintings in colour inside and quotes from Souza
Stapled wrappers / 10.5 x 8.5 inches

A TRIBUTE TO FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA 1924-2002
Vadehra Art Gallery
2003
pp. 31 with essay by Vidya Shivadas and excerpts from Souza's writings and 16 colour and 7 b&w images of Souza's works
Stiff wrappers / 10.5 x 8.5 inches

THE ARTIST, a New York magazine for May 1960 with cover by Souza
With a shortnote on Souza praising his "Words and Lines".
Souza was at this time trying tofind his feet in New York
Wrappers / 12 x 9.5 inches

FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA
Catalogue of show at Julian Hartnoll's Gallery, London/ 6-24 May 1997
Largetriple-turned folder, its six sides carrying 18 paintings by Souza [2 full-page] and 3 photographs of Souza, including one with Queen Elizabeth II. With an essay by Julian Hartnoll and a biographical chronology.
Size: 9.5 x 7 inches

SOUZA 1940'S - 1990'S
8-page stapled brochure issued by Dhoomi Mal Gallery, New Delhi, in 1993
9 colour images, 3 b&w images, portrait
2 essays by Souza - MY CREDO IN ART and FROM TIME TO TIME.
Essay REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE by Srimati Lal

SOUZA- CITY OF WOMEN
Essays by Vinod Bhardwaj and Brij Sharma
Exhibition catalogue of Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
Includes reproduction of two letters in facsimile by Souza
pp. 44

DEBONAIR, April 1992 issue of a magazine published in Bombay
Has 6-page essay by F. N. SOUZA titled "Naked Women & Religion"
The essay has 1 full-page and 3 other b&w drawings by Souza [pp. 30-34/ 45].
The issue also has a 2-page feature on M. F. Husain by C. V. Aravind, with 3 drawings and a collage by the artist [pp. 70-71].

THE DEMONIC LINE- An Exhibition of Drawings, 1940-1964 by Francis Newton Souza
Curated by Yashodhara Dalmia
Issued by Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, for exhibition held in 2000-2001
pp. 60
4-page essay by Yashodhara Dalmia titled "The Underbelly of Existence"
1-page essayby Souza written in 1949
50 full-page drawings, 6 drawings in text, one photograph of Souza and reproduction of one letter by him.
Size: 11 x 8 inches
Softcover

PAINTINGS WITHOUT PAINT - The Chemical Paintings of F. N. Souza
Catalogue of a 2007 exhibition
Curated by Shelley Souza and Brigita Krasauskaite
Essays by Shelley Souza
Presented by R L Fine Arts, New York
pp. 56
Softcover
Size 11 x 9 inches
?On arrival in New York in the 1960s, Souza was so cash-strapped that he could not afford to buy paints. At this time he claimed to have invented the technique of chemically treating glossy magazine pictures in such a way as to transform them into paintings.

FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA - Dhoomimal Gallery Collection
Edited by Vinod Bhardwaj
Foreword by Krishen Khanna
New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery
2009
pp. 405
Profusely illustrated hardback with dustjacket
Size 12.5 x10 inches

Rare journal with short story by F.N. SOUZA.br.A 1960 bilingual journal TWO CITIES [English & French] published by Mistral
Bookshop in Paris with a 4-page short Story by FRANCIS SOUZA titled "The Man Born Blind" with a full-pageline drawing by Souza to accompany it.
8.5 x 5.5 inches
.br.FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA - Selected works from 1950-1999
New Delhi: Kumar Gallery
pp. 32 with 34 colour images
2000
4-page essay by Edwin Mullins from an old Kumar Gallery catalogue
10.5 x 8.5 inches

A Language in Common - A special number of The Times Literary Supplement reprinted for the National Council of Teachers of English
A 91-page stapled booklet with cover drawing by F. N. Souza
Size: 8.5 x5.5 inches

Das Geschaft mit der Kunst by Robert Wraight
Published in Munich in 1966 with the author's portrait by his friend Souza as frontispiece
German edition of an English book on the wheeling dealing in the western art world and auction houses.
Cloth binding / 9 x 6 inches
Ex-library

Springtime 3 - An Anthology of Prose and Poetry, published in London by Peter Owen
Carries a 4-page story titled "LAZARUS" by F. N. SOUZA
A 128-page anthology issued in hardbackwhich also carries contributions by Nissim Ezekiel, Mervyn Peake, MurielSpark, Peter Levi and P. Lal
No date [c. 1960]
Fine hardback with dustjacket / 9 x 6 inches

Encounter, February 1955 issue of magazine edited by Stephen Spender andpublished in London
Has the famous, much-quoted and seminal essay by F. N. SOUZA titled "NIRVANA OF A MAGGOT"
The 7-page essay has 5 sketches by Souza.

Encounter, October 1962 issue of magazine edited by Stephen Spender and published in London
Has 5 sketches by F. N. SOUZA to go with Aldous Huxley's essay"Unpainted Landscapes"

The Studio, November 1961 issue of magazine published from London
Has a 4-page essay on F. N. SOUZA titled THE IMAGE AND SOUZA by G. M. Butcher with reproductions of 5 paintings by Souza, including one full-page in colour

Studio International, May 1966 issue of magazine published in London
Has a 3-page essay titled SOUZA/ GEOFFREY / RAO by Cyril Barrett, with 2 illustrations ofSouza's works.

Studio International, April 1964 issue of magazine published in London
Has a 6-page essay titled F. N. SOUZA THE HUMAN AND THE DIVINE by Mervyn Levy, with 8 illustrations. Six of these are photographs of Souza explaining histechnique of painting large-scale works with the help of a specially-designedprojector.
[BOUND AS PART OF A COMPLETE RUN]

SOUZA'S PARIS by Audrey Whiting
1-page essay facing the full-page colour image of a painting by Souza in the London magazine "Woman's Journal" for October 1961
[BOUND AS PART OF A COMPLETE RUN]

WORKS ON PAPER BY FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA
Auction catalogue of Bonhams London for sale on 3 May 2006
pp. 50 with 40 lots, each illustrated and with a full-page b&wphotograph of Souza standing in his studio and a one-page note
Size: 10.5 x 8.5 inches
A scarce catalogue devoted entirely to Souza's work.
Card covers

INNER CIRCLE by Jerzy Peterkiewicz [a novel]
Illustrated by F. N.SOUZA
London: Macmillan
1966
pp. 186 + 27 full-page line drawings by Souza
Green papercovered boards with dustjacket carrying a Souza painting
Price unclipped [36 shillings]
Size: 8.25 x 5.25 inches
Tear on the back of dustjacket repaired with scotch tape

INNER CIRCLE by Jerzy Peterkiewicz [a novel].br.Illustrated by F. N. SOUZA
London: Panther, 1968 [Originally published by Macmillan in 1966]
pp. 202 + 27 full-page line drawings by Souza
PAPERBACK with cover painting by Alan Aldridge and not by Souza
Scarce as most copies were pulpedsince the sales were poor
Size: 7 x 4.5 inches
Lending library stamp on back of frontispiece. A fine copy.

Black Orpheus, June 1960 issue of a journal of African and Afro-American literature, published by the Ministry of Education, Ibadan, Nigeria. Of its three editors, one was Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate
Has a 2-page essay titled SOUZA by Omidiji Aragbabalu with 8 full-page drawings by Souza [pp.16-21/ 49-52]
Size 10 x 7.5 inches

Francis Newton Souza - Important Paintings from the Artist's Private Collection
Issued by Bose Pacia Modern, New York, for exhibition held in September-November 1998
pp. 16 including cover
9 full-page and 6 small paintings in colour
One-page unsigned essay
Size: 9.5 x 8.5 inches
Softcover

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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