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S H Raza
(1922 - 2016)

La Terre / The Earth (Green)



This present lot was created during a time of transition for Raza, as he grew closer to the use of geometry and the bindu that emerged in his later works. The colour and composition of La Terre / The Earth (Green) demonstrates his earlier gestural brushwork, but also has distinct elements of structure and geometry. Though the loose brushwork remains, it is now circumscribed within a definite frame composed of solid, horizontal and...



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  Lot 35 of 87  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
8 SEPTEMBER 2016

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Rs 1,68,00,000
$254,545

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ARTWORK DETAILS

S H Raza
La Terre / The Earth (Green)

Indistinctly signed and dated 'RAZA '81' (lower right, visible under UV light); signed, dated and inscribed 'RAZA / 1981 / "La terre" / "THE EARTH" (Green)' (on the reverse)
1981
Acrylic on canvas
39.25 x 39.25 in (100 x 100 cm)

All proceeds from this sale will benefit Das Tier + Wir, a charity for animal welfare in Bern, Switzerland, founded by Erica Kalika Blochlinger, who has dedicated her life to the ethical treatment of animals

PROVENANCE:
Property from the Collection of Erica Kalika Blochlinger, Switzerland

PUBLISHED:
Ashok Vajpeyi ed., A Life in Art: S.H. Raza, New Delhi: Art Alive Gallery, 2007, pp. 220-221 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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