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K G Subramanyan
(1924 - 2016)



"I doodle constantly, based on the images I see and their transformations. Their mental extensions and changes of identity. I want my painting to be as quick and direct as my doodles; the final stages of most paintings try to have this spontaneity." - K G Subramanyan



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  Lot 107 of 120  

CREATIVE CIRCUIT: THE ART OF K G SUBRAMANYAN
19-20 JANUARY 2021
Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 8,40,000
$11,667
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

K G Subramanyan

a) Untitled
Initialled in Tamil (lower right)
2000
Ink, watercolour and collage on paper
9.75 x 10.75 in (24.7 x 27.3 cm)

PUBLISHED
R Siva Kumar, Women Seen and Remembered: Drawings of Women by K G Subramanyan, Kolkata: Seagull Books, 2017, p. 170

K G Subramanyan, Drawings, Mumbai: The Guild, 2010, p. 100

b) Untitled
Initialled in Tamil (lower right)
2000
Ink, watercolour and collage on paper
9.75 x 10.75 in (24.7 x 27.3 cm)

PUBLISHED
R Siva Kumar, Women Seen and Remembered: Drawings of Women by K G Subramanyan, Kolkata: Seagull Books, 2017, p. 170

K G Subramanyan, Drawings, Mumbai: The Guild, 2010, p. 101

c) Untitled
Initialled in Tamil (lower left)
2000
Ink and watercolour on paper
11.5 x 14.25 in (29.2 x 36.1 cm)

PUBLISHED
R Siva Kumar, Women Seen and Remembered: Drawings of Women by K G Subramanyan, Kolkata: Seagull Books, 2017, p. 186

K G Subramanyan, Drawings, Mumbai: The Guild, 2010, p. 92

d) Untitled
Initialled in Tamil (lower left)
2000
Ink and watercolour on paper
11.5 x 14.25 in (29.2 x 36.1 cm)

PUBLISHED
R Siva Kumar, Women Seen and Remembered: Drawings of Women by K G Subramanyan, Kolkata: Seagull Books, 2017, p. 188

K G Subramanyan, Drawings, Mumbai: The Guild, 2010, p. 79

e) Untitled
2000
Ink and watercolour on paper
11.5 x 14.25 in (29.2 x 36.1 cm)

PUBLISHED
R Siva Kumar, Women Seen and Remembered: Drawings of Women by K G Subramanyan, Kolkata: Seagull Books, 2017, p. 189

K G Subramanyan, Drawings, Mumbai: The Guild, 2010, p. 84

(Set of five)

PROVENANCE
Estate of K. G. Subramanyan managed by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts

EXHIBITED
Drawings of Women, presented by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts at Santiniketan: Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, 5 - 14 February 2017; Patna: Bihar Museum, 3 - 16 November 2017; Kolkata: Birla Academy of Art and Culture, 14 March - 14 April 2018; New Delhi: Art Heritage, 13 August - 9 September 2018; Hyderabad: Kalakriti Art Gallery, 20 October - 1 November 2018; Ahmedabad: L&P Hutheesingh Visual Art Centre, 20 November - 2 December 2018

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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