19th-early 21st century A.D. A scene depicting buildings in a rural landscape, painted on a page from a Russian magazine with typed text to the reverse, including the date '1974', heavy watercolour works, card frame; on the upper left side attributed to Francis Souza. 94 grams, 43 x 35.5 cm (17 x 14 in.). Property of a London lady. D'Silva family collection, London, UK. Acquired in 2009 by her uncle. Private Fort Myers, USA, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate no.11432-190464. British Asian artist Francis Newton Souza (12 April 1924–28 March 2002) was a founding member of the Progressive Artists' Group of Bombay. He studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai but was expelled in 1945, having pulled down a Union Flag during a ceremony; he also supported the Quit India Movement of which the aim was to encourage the British authorities to leave the subcontinent, and joined themunist Party of India. In 1948, some of his paintings were shown in London as part of an exhibition on Indian art while his work was under attack from his own Goanmunity in Mumbai. Souza emigrated to London the following year afterplaints against him were made to the police for obscenity. He is acknowledged to have inspired his protégé, M.F. Husain. Souza's career developed so that he participated in several shows, receiving positive reviews from the art world.