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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, LONDON
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K G SUBRAMANYAN
(1924 ‒ 2016)
Untitled
Initialled in Tamil (lower left)
Acrylic on board
23.5 x 23.5 in (59.7 x 59.7 cm)
$ 12,000 ‒ 15,000
Rs 7,68,000 ‒ 9,60,000
PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 5 December 2000, lot 121
“My work... deconstructs an old
concept and sees its similarities
with others... In a culture where the
gods have to incarnate themselves
as human beings (sometimes even
as animals) to come to the aid of
fellow humans...”
K G SUBRAMANYAN
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K G SUBRAMANYAN
(1924 ‒ 2016)
Deities
Initialled in Tamil and dated '2012' (lower centre)
2012
Gouache on board
15.25 x 15.25 in (39 x 39 cm)
$ 10,000 ‒ 12,000
Rs 6,40,000 ‒ 7,68,000
EXHIBITED:
NewWorksK.G. Subramanyan
, presentedby the Seagull
Foundation for the Arts at New Delhi: Visual Arts
Gallery, 13‒25 March 2014; Chandigarh: in association
with Lalit Kala Akademi at the Government Museum
and Arts Gallery, 27 May ‒ 4 June 2014; Hyderabad:
Salar Jung Museum, 26 July ‒ 16 August 2014; Kochi:
Lalit Kala Akademi, 26 August ‒ 8 September 2014;
Chennai: Lalit Kala Akademi, 4‒15 November 2014;
Bangalore: National Gallery of Modern Art, 29
November ‒ 28 December 2014; Santiniketan: 5‒11
February 2015; Kolkata: The Harrington Street Arts
Centre, 16‒26 February 2015
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T VAIKUNTAM
(b. 1942)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Telugu (lower left)
2012
Acrylic on canvas
23.5 x 17.75 in (59.5 x 45.3 cm)
$ 12,000 ‒ 15,000
Rs 7,68,000 ‒ 9,60,000
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