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G R Santosh
(1929 - 1997)

Enlightenment



"Painting to me is like poetry - timeless and universal."

Poet-painter Gulam Rasool Santosh, who comes from the beautiful Kashmir valley, was born in 1929, in a middle class family. He once said in an interview, "In Kashmir, art was taught in school after class V. But I remember drawing in class II, starting, at the onset, on a landscape which I liked so much that I concentrated on landscapes, doing several of these before I changed...



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  Lot 10 of 60  

WINTER LIVE AUCTION
13 DECEMBER 2023

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 80,40,000
$96,867

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

G R Santosh
Enlightenment

Signed in Devnagari and dated '62' (upper left); signed and dated 'G. R. Santosh/ 9/2/62' (on the reverse), and inscribed 'ENLIGHTMENT' [sic] (on the stretcher bar, on the reverse)
1962
Oil and wax on canvas
34 x 41 in (86.5 x 104 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist by William Begley, Kashmir, 1963-1965
Gifted by William Begley to his cousin, 1969
Thence by descent
Bonhams, London, 22 November 2022, lot 13
Private Collection, New Delhi

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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