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A Ramachandran
(1935 - 2024)

Visions of Ramdev - Ahalya in Red



A Ramachandran’s frequent travels to Rajasthan from the early 1970s onwards spurred a renewed interest in nature and rural life, which began to reflect in his subsequent works. On visits to tribal villages around Udaipur, he was intrigued by the Bhil community and their close spiritual relationship with nature. Painted in 2001, the present lot depicts a scene where the artist spotted a girl in a brilliant red sari sitting among the trees near...



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  Lot 30 of 78  

EVENING SALE: MODERN ART
16 SEPTEMBER 2023

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Rs 1,44,00,000
$173,494

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A Ramachandran
Visions of Ramdev - Ahalya in Red

Signed in Malayalam and further signed and dated 'RAMACHANDRAN/ 2001' (lower right); inscribed, signed and dated 'VISIONS OF RAMDEV-/ 'AHALYA IN RED'/ RAMACHANDRAN 2001' (on the reverse)
2001
Oil on canvas
80 x 56 in (203.5 x 142 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired from Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Property from the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection

EXHIBITED
Imagined Territory: Recent Works 2001, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 22 December 2001 – 21 January 2002

PUBLISHED
R Siva Kumar, A Ramachandran: A Retrospective, Volume 2, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2003, cover, p. 292 (illustrated)
Rupika Chawla, A Ramachandran: Bahurupi, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2009, p. 142 (illustrated)
"A. Ramachandran in Conversation With Rob Dean," Rob Dean, Giles Tillotson eds., Modern Indian Painting: Jane & Kito de Boer Collection, Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2019, p. 238 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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