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Tyeb Mehta
(1925 - 2009)

Head (Study for Sculpture)



“The human figure is my source, what I primarily react to.” - TYEB MEHTA

The human form was a lifelong preoccupation for Tyeb Mehta and a subject he used throughout his oeuvre as a mirror to society. These “figures work themselves into a pattern of focal images: pared, stripped-down, even soundless, yet powerfully resonant, they embody an artist’s intuitions concerning his neighbours, his compatriots, his fellow prisoners in the...



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  Lot 20 of 60  

WINTER LIVE AUCTION
13 DECEMBER 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 36,00,000
$43,373

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Tyeb Mehta
Head (Study for Sculpture)

Inscribed 'Head (Study for Sculpture)' (on the reverse)
1955
Ink on paper
14.5 x 10.75 in (37 x 27 cm)

PROVENANCE
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Property from a Distinguished Collection, Mumbai

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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