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G R Santosh
(1929 - 1997)

Untitled



G R Santosh introduced Tantric art into the vocabulary of Modernism in India. Art critic Ram Chatterji explains, "...his shapes are derived from the male and female anatomy, symbolically arranged in his pictorial structure which is invariably symmetrical. These images, which are bright and clear emerge from the surrounding areas of darkness, the ever unfathomable creative force." (Indian Painting Today 1981, Bombay: Jehangir Art Gallery...



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  Lot 74 of 140  

WINTER ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART AND COLLECTIBLES
9-10 DECEMBER 2020

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Winning Bid
Rs 19,00,920
$26,040

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

G R Santosh
Untitled

Signed in Devnagari and further signed and dated 'Santosh/ 94' (on the reverse)
1994
Oil on canvas
52.25 x 38.5 in (132.6 x 97.6 cm)

PROVENANCE
Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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