Prodosh Das Gupta
(1912 - 1991)
Untitled (Woman with Basket)
Prodosh Das Gupta formally trained in sculpture in Chennai, Lucknow, London and Paris. As a result of this experience, he was able to effortlessly merge Western artistic ideals with Indian sculptural traditions to create his own idiom. The artist, who served as the curator of the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi from 1957 to 1970, believed that abstraction needed an image, and "related the form of his sculpture, however simplified or...
Prodosh Das Gupta formally trained in sculpture in Chennai, Lucknow, London and Paris. As a result of this experience, he was able to effortlessly merge Western artistic ideals with Indian sculptural traditions to create his own idiom. The artist, who served as the curator of the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi from 1957 to 1970, believed that abstraction needed an image, and "related the form of his sculpture, however simplified or tending towards near-abstraction to the expression of his emotional feelings and vision of the objective world." (Pran Nath Mago, Contemporary Art in India: A Perspective, New Delhi: National Book Trust India, 2001, p. 91)
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WINTER LIVE AUCTION: MODERN INDIAN ART
Estimate
Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000
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Rs 6,60,000
ARTWORK DETAILS
Prodosh Das Gupta Untitled (Woman with Basket)
Inscribed, signed and dated '1/6 P. Das Gupta/ 1990' (on the reverse)
First from a limited edition of six
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITEDProdosh Das Gupta, 1912-1991: A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculptures , New Delhi: The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), 1 - 15 November 2008 (another from the edition)Contours and Volumes , New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 31 March - 13 April 2012 (another from the edition)Translating Modernity: Sculptures by Prodosh Das Gupta , New Delhi: Akar Prakar Contemporary, 28 February - 28 March 2020 (another from the edition)Prodosh Das Gupta: Sculptures & Drawings , New Delhi: Kumar Gallery Pvt. Ltd., 2008, p. 59 (illustrated, another from the edition)Essays on Art by Prodosh Dasgupta , Kolkata: West Bengal Bangla Academy, 2009, pp. 173, 196 (illustrated, another from the edition)Prodosh Das Gupta , New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2012, p. 40 (illustrated, another from the edition)Translating Modernity: Sculptures by Prodosh Das Gupta , New Delhi: Akar Prakar Contemporary, p. 39 (illustrated, another from the edition)
Category: Sculpture