Sakti Burman
(1935)
Untitled (Nude)
Sakti Burman's nudes were influenced by the European tradition. The focus is on the form, with highlights and shadows subtly merging to reveal the soft contours of the body. Burman draws attention to the gently slouched figure by keeping extraneous detailing to a minimum. The background, including the bench she is seated on, the large panel to her left, and the easel and canvas behind her, are sparsely outlined and serve to accentuate the...
Sakti Burman's nudes were influenced by the European tradition. The focus is on the form, with highlights and shadows subtly merging to reveal the soft contours of the body. Burman draws attention to the gently slouched figure by keeping extraneous detailing to a minimum. The background, including the bench she is seated on, the large panel to her left, and the easel and canvas behind her, are sparsely outlined and serve to accentuate the importance of the central figure. Born in Kolkata in 1935, Burman received a thorough grounding in the Western academic tradition at the Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata. His foray into art began with careful studies of nudes and still-lifes, which later laid a strong foundation for him to develop a unique pictorial style in the following decades. In 1956, he enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-arts in Paris. The Ecole des Beaux-arts is well known for nurturing the talents of some of India's leading modernists, including Amrita Sher-Gil, S H Raza, Jehangir Sabavala and Jogen Chowdhury. Burman's own trajectory shifted to mythical and fantastical beasts and humans painted using a marbling technique, which became the focus of his art in later years, but his underlying deftness with forms is seen in this more traditional work.
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EVENING SALE | MUMBAI, LIVE
16 FEBRUARY 2017
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Rs 20,00,000 - 25,00,000
$30,305 - 37,880
ARTWORK DETAILS
Sakti Burman
Untitled (Nude)
Signed 'SAKTi BURMAN' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
36 x 28.5 in (91.4 x 72.4 cm)
PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from the artist, Paris Private Collection, New Delhi
EXHIBITED:Memory and Identity: Indian Artists Abroad , New York: DAG Modern, 14 September - 2 December 2016; New Delhi: DAG Modern, 19 December 2016 - 15 March 2017The Naked and The Nude: The Body In Indian Modern Art , Mumbai: DAG Modern, 7 October - 10 December 2016 PUBLISHED: Kishore Singh ed., A Visual History of Indian Modern Art: Volume Two: Birth of Modernism: Academic Realism , New Delhi: DAG Modern, 2014, p. 172 (illustrated) Kishore Singh ed., The Naked and The Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art - Edition Two , New Delhi, DAG Modern, 2015, p. 72 (illustrated) Kishore Singh ed., Memory & Identity: Indian Artists Abroad , New Delhi: DAG Modern, 2016, p. 227 (illustrated)
Category: Painting
Style: Figurative
ARTWORK SIZE:
Height of Figure: 6'