"All my drawings and studies of landscapes, birds or animals, of places visited or persons seen are reconstructed in the studio out of things remembered and little mnemonic notes. I have also been affected by their habit of sketching on small cards they kept in their pockets. Little leaflets of reminiscence. Of things seen or imagined. Or projected fantasies. Given as gifts, on occasions, with an inscription or greeting." - K G...
"All my drawings and studies of landscapes, birds or animals, of places visited or persons seen are reconstructed in the studio out of things remembered and little mnemonic notes. I have also been affected by their habit of sketching on small cards they kept in their pockets. Little leaflets of reminiscence. Of things seen or imagined. Or projected fantasies. Given as gifts, on occasions, with an inscription or greeting." - K G Subramanyan
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CREATIVE CIRCUIT: THE ART OF K G SUBRAMANYAN
19-20 JANUARY 2021
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Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000
$2,780 - 4,170
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K G Subramanyan
a) Untitled Initialled in Tamil (lower right) 1976-80 Brush and ink on card 3.9 x 5.7 in (10.1 x 14.5 cm) PUBLISHED K G Subramanyan, Sketches, Scribbles, Drawings , Kolkata: Seagull Books, 1999, p. 101 b) Untitled.br.Initialled in Tamil and dated '10/78' (lower right) 1978 Brush and ink on card 4 x 5.7 in (10.2 x 14.5 cm) PUBLISHED K G Subramanyan, Sketches, Scribbles, Drawings , Kolkata: Seagull Books, 1999, p. 101
c) Untitled Initialled in Tamil (centre right) 1976-80 Brush and ink on card 4.2 x 6.4 in (10.8 x 16.3 cm) PUBLISHED K G Subramanyan, Sketches, Scribbles, Drawings , Kolkata: Seagull Books, 1999, p. 98 d) Untitled Initialled in Tamil (lower right) 1978 Brush and ink on card 4 x 5.7 in (10.2 x 14.5 cm) PUBLISHED K G Subramanyan, Sketches, Scribbles, Drawings , Kolkata: Seagull Books, 1999, p. 99
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PROVENANCE Estate of K. G. Subramanyan managed by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts
EXHIBITEDSketches, Scribbles, Drawings , presented by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts at Bangalore: National Gallery of Modern Art, 29 November - 15 December 2014; Abu Dhabi: India House, 10 - 18 April 2015; Dubai: Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation, 15 - 14 April 2015; Bhubaneswar: Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, 2 - 11 September 2015; Lucknow: Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, 23 September - 3 October 2015; Mumbai: Jehangir Art Gallery, 15 - 21 December 2015; Chennai: Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, 6 - 16 January 2016; Santiniketan: Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, 5 - 14 February 2016; Kolkata: The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 18 February - 5 March 2016; Bhopal: Modern Art Gallery, Bharat Bhawan, 18 March - 17 April 2016; Patna: Bihar Lalit Kala Akademi, 24 June - 5 July 2016; New Delhi: Aakriti Art Gallery, 30 July - 29 August 2016; Guwahati: Srimanti Sankaradeva Kalakshetra Society, 1 - 20 November 2016; Ernakulam: Durbar Hall, 19 April - 19 May 2017; Panaji: Sanskruti Bhavan, 5 - 31 October 2017
Category: Painting
Style: Figurative