Tyeb Mehta
(1925 - 2009)
Untitled (Kali)
Summer vacations spent with his grandmother in Calcutta might have provided Tyeb Mehta with early inspiration to use the figure of Kali as a symbol of the inbred, societal violence he decried, but it was his residency at Santiniketan in the mid 1980s that cemented its place in his art. As the artist explained, "I've lived with the Kali image for more than three years before even thinking of putting it on the canvas. It's a fantastic image…It's a...
Summer vacations spent with his grandmother in Calcutta might have provided Tyeb Mehta with early inspiration to use the figure of Kali as a symbol of the inbred, societal violence he decried, but it was his residency at Santiniketan in the mid 1980s that cemented its place in his art. As the artist explained, "I've lived with the Kali image for more than three years before even thinking of putting it on the canvas. It's a fantastic image…It's a primordial image. I've always wanted to paint a mother Goddess...At Santiniketan in Bengal I could feel the presence of Kali and Durga" ("In Conversation with Yashodhara Dalmia", Tyeb Mehta: Ideas, Images, Exchanges, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2005, p. 346).
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MODERN EVENING SALE | MUMBAI, LIVE
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Rs 15,00,000 - 20,00,000
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Rs 24,00,000
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Tyeb Mehta Untitled (Kali)
Signed and dated in English (upper left)
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