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Lot 41
Baiju Parthan
(1956)

Untitled



Initially, Baiju Parthan resisted a career as an artist. "In Kerala," he explains, "you are what your work is. And in Kerala's Communist schema, the artist is at the lowest rung of society." Parthan began as an engineer, but was drawn into the world of art in 1974, when he stumbled onto a book detailing the history of Western art. "With that book," he says, "the chronology and the institution of art became known to me." He became familiar with...

Based on:
Catalogue by Ranjit Hoskote
Interview by Sylee Gore



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  Lot 41 of 45  

SCULPTED: 24 HOUR AUCTION
24-25 AUGUST 2011

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 84,480
$1,920

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Baiju Parthan
Untitled

Signed and dated in English (inside base, lower left)
2000
Mixed media on wood
9.5 x 9.5 in (24.1 x 24.1 cm)


This work comprises a wooden box with brass fittings that has been painted by the artist on three sides. In addition, the artist has affixed a compass and two bells inside the box

Category: Relief Sculpture


 









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