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Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
(1937)

Sursagar



“As times and cultures converge, the citadels of purism explode. Traditional and modern, private and public, the inside and outside continually telescope and reunite. The kaleidoscopic flux of images engages me to construe structures in the process of being created.” - GULAM MOHAMMED SHEIKH

Despite notably being part of the 1890 Group which, in fellow member J Swaminathan’s words, “was a reverse journey of sorts, back to the womb,...



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  Lot 37 of 55  

SPRING LIVE AUCTION
13 MARCH 2024

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Winning Bid
Rs 6,24,00,000
$760,976

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
Sursagar

Signed and dated in Gujarati (upper right)
1987
Oil on canvas
42 x 47.75 in (106.5 x 121.5 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired by the late Indira Dhody, New Delhi, circa early 1990s
Christie's, New York, 14 September 2016, lot 661
Property from the Collection of Simran & Vir Kotak

EXHIBITED
Exhibition of Paintings, New Delhi: Shridharani Gallery presented by Art Heritage, 12 - 24 February 1988
The Fold, Noida: Number 8, 2019

PUBLISHED
Vir Kotak and Shaleen Wadhwana, The Fold, Noida: The Eight Foundation Collection, 2019, p. 40 (illustrated)
Chaitanya Sambrani ed., At Home in the World: The Art and Life of Gulammohammed Sheikh, New Delhi: Tulika Books in association with Vadehra Art Gallery, 2019, p. 427 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Abstract


 









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