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V S Gaitonde
(1924 - 2001)

Untitled



"I suddenly saw no reason to paint from any kind of concept at all. There came an amazing sense of liberation, and that is where my painting began to flow from." - V S GAITONDE

V S Gaitonde is renowned for his precise, deliberate technique, and much of his work is an extension of his independent-minded and private nature. He once said, "I could never stop painting, but even if I do stop, I will continue to talk about it....



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  Lot 13 of 76  

ALIVE: EVENING SALE OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
17 SEPTEMBER 2020

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Winning Bid
Rs 35,50,00,000
$4,863,014

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

V S Gaitonde
Untitled

Signed and dated in Devnagari, signed and dated again 'V.S. GAITONDE - 1974' (on the reverse)
1974
Oil on canvas
70 x 40 in (178 x 101.5 cm)

This work will be published in Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde: Sonata of Light, researched by Bodhana Arts and Research Foundation, Mumbai (forthcoming)

PROVENANCE
Acquired from Pundole Art Gallery, Bombay, 1975
Property of Sabira Merchant

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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