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Manjit Bawa
(1941 - 2008)

Untitled



Born and raised in Dhuri in rural Punjab, Manjit Bawa's paintings reflect the natural and cultural landscape of his birthplace. The artist's use of rich, flat, homogenous fields of colour, stripped of superfluous details, is influenced both by Rajput and Pahari miniature painting and his formal training in silkscreen printing. The serenity of his paintings is also informed by Sufism, a philosophy he believed in deeply, while his subject matter...



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  Lot 45 of 67  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
12 SEPTEMBER 2019

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Winning Bid
Rs 90,00,000
$126,761

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Manjit Bawa
Untitled

Bearing Vadehra Art Gallery label (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
34 x 40 in (86.2 x 101.5 cm)

PROVENANCE
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi

EXHIBITED
Let's Paint the Sky Red: Manjit Bawa, New Delhi: Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, 20 - 27 August 2011; New Dellhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 1 - 30 September 2011

PUBLISHED
Arun Vadehra, S Kalidas et al, Let's Paint The Sky Red: Manjit Bawa, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2011, p. 67 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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