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Meera Mukherjee developed her own artistic language by drawing from artistic influences across India and Europe. "She did not feel alienated from modern German sculptors... she neither followed strict classic Greek or Indian art forms in her figures nor did she succumb to radical modern formal liberty of global art trends. Instead she saw her dimension in depicting the natural and living, emotions, the expressive, and not abstractions and... Meera Mukherjee developed her own artistic language by drawing from artistic influences across India and Europe. "She did not feel alienated from modern German sculptors... she neither followed strict classic Greek or Indian art forms in her figures nor did she succumb to radical modern formal liberty of global art trends. Instead she saw her dimension in depicting the natural and living, emotions, the expressive, and not abstractions and concepts." (Dr. Georg Lechner, Remembering Meera Mukherjee, Bernried: Buchheim Museum, 2012, p. 13) The natural world inspired many of her sculptures, such as this untitled rooster.

Mukherjee's sculptures are remarkable for exuding traditional and modern qualities at once. Following her studies in Germany in the 1950s, Mukherjee returned to India and sought to learn more about traditional Indian sculpting and metalworking techniques. She apprenticed with the local Gharva artisans of Bastar in Madhya Pradesh and learned the centuries-old lost wax or cire perdue method employed by them. Following this, she invented her own process, sculpting works in wax, building them up and then decorating their surface using wax strips and rolls. As is evident in the present lot, the resultant works seem delicate and supple, despite the rigidity of the bronze that is used.

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