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Jagdish Swaminathan
(1928 - 1994)

Untitled



Born in 1928 in Shimla, Jagdish Swaminathan, by his own account, was a mischievous, willful child who had liked to draw and paint. He returned to his childhood love and began painting full-time in the 1950s. In 1962, he formed the short-lived artists’ collective, Group 1890, which was opposed to both the idealism of the Bengal School and mannerism of European Modernism. Swaminathan also had a profound interest in the underlying symbolism of the...



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  Lot 45 of 78  

EVENING SALE: MODERN ART
16 SEPTEMBER 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 42,00,000
$50,602

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Jagdish Swaminathan
Untitled

Oil on canvas
25.5 x 15 in (64.5 x 38.3 cm)

This work comprises three parts, framed together measuring 3 x 15 in (7.5 x 38.3 cm); 11.25 x 15 in (28.5 x 38.3 cm); and 11.25 x 15 in (28.5 x 38.3 cm) respectively. The top and bottom panels are khadi fabric pasted on plywood and the centre panel is oil on canvas.

PROVENANCE
Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi
Private Collection, New Delhi

PUBLISHED
Homage to J Swaminathan, New Delhi: Dhoomimal Gallery, 2008, p. 6 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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