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The numerous, often grotesque nudes that Souza produced during his career are an anomaly. He loved to be surrounded by attractive women. Born to a catholic family in Goa, Souza’s biographers believe his art is a rebuttal of the strict norms of that religion. While this nude has been torn from a magazine and overpainted, her essence derives from ubiquitous sculptures and paintings of large-breasted Hindu and Buddhist fertility goddesses.