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Arpita Singh
(1937)





"Arpita Singh has pushed the visual lexicon of the middle-aged woman further than almost any other woman artist. The anomaly between the aging body and the residue of desire, between the ordinary and the divine and the threat of the violent fluxes of the impinging external world gives her work its piquancy and edge. At the same time she critiques the miasma of urban Indian life with suggestive symbols of violence that impinge on the sphere...



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  Lot 41 of 69  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
20 SEPTEMBER 2018

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 18,00,000
$25,175

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Arpita Singh


a) Untitled
Signed and dated 'ARPITA SINGH/ 2001' (upper right)
2001
Watercolour on paper pasted on board
6.75 x 8.25 in (17.1 x 21.2 cm)

b) Untitled
Signed and dated 'ARPITA SINGH/ 2000' (lower left)
2000
Watercolour on paper pasted on board
4.75 x 8.25 in (12 x 20.7 cm)

c) Pillow
Signed and dated 'ARPITA SINGH/ 2000' (lower right); inscribed and dated 'PILLOW A Singh 2000' (on the reverse)
2000
Watercolour on paper pasted on board
7.75 x 11.25 in (19.8 x 28.4 cm)

(Set of three)

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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