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Ram Kumar
(1924 - 2018)

Untitled



"I must say that I find 'stillness' in a painting as mystifying as... 'movement.' I remember that when I went to Ladakh, everything was so still. I found a bleak landscape, almost like a desert, spread from one end to the other without a single visual break. I think some of my paintings I tried to do about Ladakh were like that - with hardly any break in the form." - RAM KUMAR

Painted in a sparse colour palette, the present lot...



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  Lot 46 of 140  

WINTER ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART AND COLLECTIBLES
9-10 DECEMBER 2020

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Rs 21,90,000
$30,000

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Ram Kumar
Untitled

Signed and dated 'Ram Kumar 90' (on the reverse)
1990
Oil on canvas
25.5 x 35.75 in (65 x 91 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired from the artist by a Portuguese diplomat during his posting in India
Thence by descent

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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