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Anjolie Ela Menon
(1940)

Christ



The enigmatic, introspective figure has fascinated Anjolie Ela Menon throughout her extensive career. Inspired as much by Tanjore paintings as she is by orthodox icons from Russia, her oil and gold leaf paintings on board reveal the artist’s aspiration to take the mythic and spiritual and bring a certain corporality and immediacy to it.

This pursuit of corporality is evident in the present lot, a large-format portrait of Christ that...



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  Lot 49 of 90  

AUTUMN AUCTION 2010
8-9 SEPTEMBER 2010

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Anjolie Ela Menon
Christ

Signed in English (upper right)
2000
Oil and gold leaf on masonite
47 x 23 in (119.4 x 58.4 cm)

PUBLISHED:
Anjolie Ela Menon: Through the Patina, Isana Murti, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2010

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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