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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT
EAST COAST COLLECTION
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GHULAM RASOOL
SANTOSH
(1929 ‒ 1997)
Untitled
Signed in Devnagari, dated and
inscribed 'SANTOSH 76' (on the
reverse)
1976
Oil on canvas
49.5 x 39.25 in (126 x 99.5 cm)
$ 15,000 ‒ 18,000
Rs 9,60,000 ‒ 11,52,000
PROVENANCE:
Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
PUBLISHED:
Ram Chatterji,
Indian Painting Today
1981
, Bombay: Jehangir Art Gallery
Publication, 1981, p. 27 (illustrated)
“My painting attempts at projecting the One which is unknown,
which is beyond rupa, which is beyond value.”
G R SANTOSH
G R Santosh introduced Tantric art into the vocabulary of
Modernism in India. He juxtaposed geometric shapes based on
the human figure with an aura of mysticism. In the introductory
note to the present lot, which was exhibited at the Jehangir Art
Gallery in a group show in 1981, art critic Ram Chatterji wrote,
“...his shapes are derived from the male and female anatomy,
symbolically arranged in his pictorial structure which is invariably
symmetrical. These images, which are bright and clear emerge
from the surrounding areas of darkness, the ever unfathomable
creative force.” (
Indian Painting Today – 1981
, Bombay: Jehangir
Art Gallery Publication, 1981, p. 27)
The present lot illustrated in Ram Chatterji,
Indian Painting Today
1981
, Bombay: Jehangir Art Gallery Publication, 1981, p. 27
95
S H RAZA
(1922 ‒ 2016)
Pancha‒Tatava
Signed, dated and inscribed 'RAZA / 2004 / "PANCHA‒
TATAVA"' and inscribed again in Devnagari (on the reverse)
2004
Acrylic on canvas
17.25 x 14.25 in (44 x 36.5 cm)
$ 15,000 ‒ 20,000
Rs 9,60,000 ‒ 12,80,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Singapore
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