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Lot 37
Akbar Padamsee
(1928 - 2020)

Untitled



Characteristic of Akbar Padamsee`s portraits, the head, takes on an iconic persona having a contemplative quality while the bright red impasto invokes radiance. `The figure created with pure geometry but no intuition is arid, devoid of soul. Each drawing is a moment of truth, a response to the duality of life… the need to arrive at the state of equilibrium between the egoistical and...

Characteristic of Akbar Padamsee`s portraits, the head, takes on an iconic persona having a contemplative quality while the bright red impasto invokes radiance. `The figure created with pure geometry but no intuition is arid, devoid of soul. Each drawing is a moment of truth, a response to the duality of life… the need to arrive at the state of equilibrium between the egoistical and spiritual self. (`Akbar Padamsee, `Indian Aesthetics: An artist’s Perspective`, Celebration of the Human Figure, thinking eye, 2000, p.47)



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  Lot 37 of 45  

SPRING AUCTION 2005
1-2 MARCH 2005

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Winning Bid
Rs 43,12,010
$100,279

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Akbar Padamsee
Untitled

Signed and dated in English (upper left)
2004
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 in (91.4 x 61 cm)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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