Born in Gujarat, India in 1934, Natvar Bhavsar moved to the US in the early 1960’s, where he became an influential member of the New York School of Colorists- he is in fact credited with easternizing the Color Field language through his use of thrown and sifted pigment. His pigment paintings of lambent, voluminous color have a transcendent, pulsating effect. Bhavsar’s monumental works are created using dry, sifted pigment, released onto the...
Born in Gujarat, India in 1934, Natvar Bhavsar moved to the US in the early 1960’s, where he became an influential member of the New York School of Colorists- he is in fact credited with easternizing the Color Field language through his use of thrown and sifted pigment. His pigment paintings of lambent, voluminous color have a transcendent, pulsating effect. Bhavsar’s monumental works are created using dry, sifted pigment, released onto the canvas in patterns that parallel the movements of the artist’s body as he works. Layer upon layer of pigments are transformed into compositions that have an effect not unlike staring into a clear night sky. Natvar Bhavsar’s paintings are in more than 800 public and private collections, including those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York; and the Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
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SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
12-13 JUNE 2019
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$43,200
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ARTWORK DETAILS
Natvar Bhavsar
K-NRA
Inscribed and dated 'K-NRA/ NATVAR BHAVSAR/ APRIL 73' (on the reverse)
1973
Dry pigments with oil and acrylic
on canvas
52.25 x 48 in (133 x 122 cm)
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Midwest, USA
Category: Painting
Style: Abstract
ARTWORK SIZE:

Height of Figure: 6'