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V S Gaitonde
(1924 - 2001)

Untitled



An accident in the mid-1980s caused Gaitonde to take a hiatus from painting on canvas. He turned to smaller format works on paper, as seen in the present lot. "For Gaitonde, painting was... a deep inner investigation. Though he might have forsaken the paint and brush during this decade, he did not cease drawing." (Meera Menezes, Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde: Sonata of Solitude, New Delhi: Bodhana Arts and Research Foundation, 2016, p. 187) He...



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  Lot 57 of 69  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
20 SEPTEMBER 2018

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 24,00,000
$33,566

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

V S Gaitonde
Untitled

Signed in Devnagari and dated '85' (lower right)
1985
Ink on paper
13.5 x 9.75 in (34.5 x 24.5 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Saffronart, 19-20 June 2012, lot 37
Saffronart, Mumbai, 2 December 2014, lot 12
Acquired from the above

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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