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Manjit Bawa
(1941 - 2008)

Untitled



Selectively drawing from Pahari miniature traditions, Manjit Bawa's "…paintings take shape around the single form or the compact group, without a trace of architecture to frame them… each form, animal and human, rejoices in its plasticity and libidinal energy, its gymnastic ability to defy the strictures of the anatomist. The rounded contours of each toy-like figure speak of its prana, the life- breath that gives it a vital buoyancy, allowing it...



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  Lot 45 of 70  

WINTER ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN INDIAN ART
18-19 DECEMBER 2012

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Winning Bid
Rs 1,16,28,000
$219,396

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Manjit Bawa
Untitled

Signed and dated in English (verso)
1976
Oil on canvas
59.5 x 45.5 in (151.1 x 115.6 cm)

PROVENANCE:
From an Important Private Collection
Acquired directly from the artist in the 1970s

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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