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Jitish Kallat
(1974)

Suffix (Herbaceous Perennial) - 6



Lot 4 is a painting by Jitish Kallat which foregrounds black blooms made up of petals patterned with smiling faces of people. It is another example of Kallat destabilising the viewer with playfulness to meditate on a dark truth. Artist and gallerist Peter Nagy notes, “Mr. Kallat’s florals would make Des Esseintes covetous as each is composed of the hallucinogenic faces of human beings, their features coalescing into one another, as if the...



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Jitish Kallat
Suffix (Herbaceous Perennial) - 6

Dated twice and inscribed '2007 SUFFIX (HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL) - 6 JITISH KALLAT/ 2007/ JITISH KALLAT' (on the reverse)
2007
Acrylic on canvas and painted fiberglass
80 x 64 in (203 x 162.5 cm)

This lot comprises a painting balanced on a pair of painted fiberglass bird feet measuring 21.5 x 14 x 9 in (54.5 x 35.5 x 23 cm) meant to be mounted on the wall

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Property from an Important European Collection

Category: Painting
Style: Unknown


 


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