Prodosh Das Gupta
(1912 - 1991)
Pounding Corn
“In the formal treatment of the sculpture, I have tried to maintain the fullness of the feminine form in its fluidity and rotundity... Form has been simplified to its extreme limit of cylinders and spheres, yet without dragging it to drab formalism. The composition has been tied down to a motif of undulating flow of rhythms at the back of the figures and repeated in the hands.” “In the formal treatment of the sculpture, I have tried to maintain the fullness of the feminine form in its fluidity and rotundity... Form has been simplified to its extreme limit of cylinders and spheres, yet without dragging it to drab formalism. The composition has been tied down to a motif of undulating flow of rhythms at the back of the figures and repeated in the hands.”
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Rs 10,00,000 - 15,00,000
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Rs 15,60,000
ARTWORK DETAILS
Prodosh Das Gupta Pounding Corn
Signed, dated and inscribed 'P. Das Gupta 1949 3/9' (lower left)
Third from a limited edition of nine
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITEDIndia’s French Connection: Indian Artists in France , New Delhi: India Habitat Centre in association with DAG, 1 – 11 February 2018; New York: DAG, 14 November 2018 – 25 May 2019Prodosh Das Gupta: Sculptures and Drawings , New Delhi: Kumar Gallery, 2008, p. 129 (illustrated)India’s French Connection: Indian Artists in France , New Delhi: DAG, 2018, p. 72 (illustrated)
Category: Sculpture