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Sakti Burman
(1935)

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Born in Kolkata in 1935, Sakti Burman studied at the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata, and later at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Burman uses pointillism and a marbling technique achieved by blending oils with acrylics to create fresco-like works on paper and canvas. Burman’s paintings often evoke a surrealist feel, referencing multiplicities of time and place. His art drew extensively from Hindu and European...



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  Lot 7 of 40  

OBJECTS AND SCULPTURES AUCTION
9-10 AUGUST 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 9,00,000
$10,976

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Sakti Burman
Onlooker

Signed and inscribed 'SAKTI BURMAN/ 3/8' (on the base)
Bronze
Height: 37.75 in (96 cm)
Width: 14.25 in (36.3 cm)
Depth: 11.25 in (28.7 cm)

Third from a limited edition of eight

PROVENACNE
Private Collection, New Delhi

EXHIBITED
Sakti Burman: Of Gods and Men, Mumbai: Art Musings, 8 October - 30 November 2021 (another from the edition)

PUBLISHED
Sakti Burman: The Wonder of it All, B N Goswamy, Kishore Singh, Mrinal Ghosh eds., Mumbai: Pundole Art Gallery and Chennai: Apparao Art Galleries, 2012, p. 343 (illustrated, another from the edition)
Ranjit Hoskote, Sakti Burman: Of Gods and Men, Mumbai: Art Musings, 2021, p. 26 (illustrated, another from the edition)

Category: Sculpture
Style: Figurative


 









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