Important Notice

Landscape has dominated Ram Kumar's oeuvre since the 1960s. Over the decades, the artist has revisited many places he has been to through his drawings. Among these places is the city of Delhi, where he studied and subsequently held numerous shows. His memories of it and its impact on him have manifested in a number of works. The current lot evokes Humayun's tomb, with its dome towering over the facade. It could possibly belong to a phase when he... Landscape has dominated Ram Kumar's oeuvre since the 1960s. Over the decades, the artist has revisited many places he has been to through his drawings. Among these places is the city of Delhi, where he studied and subsequently held numerous shows. His memories of it and its impact on him have manifested in a number of works. The current lot evokes Humayun's tomb, with its dome towering over the facade. It could possibly belong to a phase when he made a series of paintings featuring the tomb.

Ranjit Hoskote comments on the artist's exploration of places through his works: "If Ram Kumar's art has been a journey from city to landscape, from the grihastha's negotiations with society to the sanyasin's peripatetic freedom, it has also been an art of looking back, an art of reminiscence. As he departs from sites he has known intimately, the artist takes with him spasms of agitation that he will recollect in tranquillity; so that the images that time has shattered may be set right, and words lost to the winds may be strung together, again, in chants" ("The Poet of the Visionary", Ram Kumar: A Journey Within, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 1996, pg. 40)

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