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Jagdish Swaminathan
(1928 - 1994)

Untitled (Colour Geometry of Space Series)



Born in 1928, Jagdish Swaminathan pursued his childhood love for painting in the 1950s when he began to paint full time. In 1962, he, along with some others, formed Group 1890, a short-lived artists’ collective that defied the conventions set by the contemporary Indian art movements by being opposed to both the idealism of the Bengal School and the mannerism of European Modernism. The manifesto echoed Swaminathan’s ideals as it read, “A work of...



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  Lot 33 of 102  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART
28-29 JUNE 2023

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Jagdish Swaminathan
Untitled (Colour Geometry of Space Series)

Circa 1960s
Oil on canvas
23.5 x 35.75 in (59.7 x 90.8 cm)

PROVENANCE
An Important Private Collection, Japan
Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, Aspects of Modern Indian Painting, New York, 28 September - 1 October 2002, lot 133
Acquired from the above
Property from an International Private Collection

EXHIBITED
Aspects of Modern Indian Painting, New York: Metropolitan Pavilion presented by Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, 28 September - 1 October 2002

PUBLISHED
Ranjit Hoskote, Aspects of Modern Indian Painting, Mumbai: Saffronart, 2002 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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