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Lot 106
Baiju Parthan
(1956)

Blue Prophet - Prophecy



Initially, Baiju Parthan resisted a career as an artist. "In Kerala," he explains, "you are what your work is. And in Kerala's Communist schema, the artist is at the lowest rung of society." Parthan began as an engineer, but was drawn into the world of art in 1974, when he stumbled onto a book detailing the history of Western art. "With that book," he says, "the chronology and the institution of art became known to me." He became familiar with...

Based on:
Catalogue by Ranjit Hoskote
Interview by Sylee Gore



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  Lot 106 of 145  

AUCTION MAY 2005
10-12 MAY 2005

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 11,09,327
$25,798

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Baiju Parthan
Blue Prophet - Prophecy

Signed and dated in English (lower left and reverse)
2004
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 96 in (121.9 x 243.8 cm)

(Diptych)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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