An Indian bronze standing figure of the deity Ganesha from Tamil Nadu is estimated at $8000-12,000 in the May 17 Stair Galleries auction.
Swope travelled extensively through India, living in Bombay (Mumbai) in the 1960s where he spent two and a half years in the Peace Corps, and set up a legal aid society.
Indian sculpture in bronze and stone and paintings will feature. Among the highlights is this 10½in (26cm) high bronze standing figure of the deity Ganesha from Tamil Nadu.
It has an estimate of $8000-12,000.
