ID 719423
Lot 623 | JAGDISH SWAMINATHAN (1928-1994)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
Text Decoded II
signed and dated in Hindi and signed, dated and titled 'J. Swaminathan / '93 / "TEXT DECODED II"' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
44 x 671⁄2 in. (111.8 x 171.5 cm.)
Painted in 1993
Provenance
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Christie's London, 16 October 1995, lot 44
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Reflections and Images, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi, 1993 (illustrated, unpaginated)
Y. Dalmia, The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives, New Delhi, 2001, pl. 122 (illustrated)
India: Contemporary Art from Northeastern Private Collections, exhibition catalogue, Rutgers, 2002, p. 117 (illustrated)
A. Jhaveri, A Guide to 101 Modern & Contemporary Indian Artists, Mumbai, 2005, p. 93 (illustrated)
P. Bhaggeria and P. Malhotra, Elite Collectors of Modern & Contemporary Indian Art, New Delhi, 2008, p. 79 (illustrated)
Many Visions, Many Versions, Art from Indigenous Communities in India, exhibition catalogue, Washington, DC, 2017, p. 14 (illustrated)
Exhibited
New Delhi, Vadehra Art Gallery, Reflections and Images, 6-21 August 1993
Mumbai, Jehangir Art Gallery, Reflections and Images, 30 August - 5 September, 1993
Rutgers, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, India: Contemporary Art from Northeastern Private Collections, 2002
Artist: | Jagdish Swaminathan (1928 - 1994) |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | India, Asia |
Artist: | Jagdish Swaminathan (1928 - 1994) |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | India, Asia |
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