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Sankho Chaudhuri
(1916 - 2006)

Untitled



“It is the playfulness while exploring the possibilities of one given medium that fascinates me. But enjoyment or reactions to a given medium or style can never be static, or else it would soon turn the artist into a fossil.”

Born in 1916 in Bihar, Chaudhuri is considered one of the stalwarts of Modern Indian sculpture, whose work is significant in the evolution of Indian sculpture away from the academic style based on mid-Victorian...



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  Lot 54 of 100  

SPRING ONLINE AUCTION: SOUTH ASIAN MODERN ART
16-17 MARCH 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 36,00,000
$43,902

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Sankho Chaudhuri
Untitled

Bronze
Height: 31.25 in (79.2 cm)
Width: 22.5 in (57.3 cm)
Depth: 18.5 in (47 cm)

The present lot comes with a detachable wooden base measuring 4 x 10 x 9.5 in (10 x 25.2 x 25 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Vadodara

EXHIBITED
Sankho Chaudhuri: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, Vadodara: Sarjan Art Gallery, 18-29 January 2005
Guru Poornima, Vadodara: Faculty of Fine Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 11 - 22 July 2006
Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities, Vadodara: Sarjan Art Gallery, 2 - 24 October 2008
Variegated Blossoms: Reflections of the Early Decades of the Baroda Fine Arts, Vadodara: Sarjan Art Gallery, 6 October - 12 November 2022

PUBLISHED
Kruti Mukherjee, Guru Poornima, Vadodara: Sarjan Art Gallery, 2006 (illustrated, unpaginated)
Kruti Mukherjee, Variegated Blossoms: Reflections of the Early Decades of the Baroda Fine Arts, Baroda: Sarjan Art Gallery, 2022, p. 18 (illustrated)

Category: Sculpture
Style: Abstract


 








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