KRISHNA REDDY
FLIGHT , 1963 (Executed)
Lot #72 |
2020-09-29 |
Sotheby's, London
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
Category:
Estimate:
GBP 1,000 - 2,000 (currency of sale)
USD 1,284 - 2,568 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L20500
Auction name: Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2020-09-29
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
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Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Prints & Multiples
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Dimensions: 44.6 x 58.6 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
44.6
Width In Centimeters:
58.6
Height In Inches:
17.625
Width In Inches:
23.25
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Edition: 65
Edition notes: Edition 57/65.
Year notes: Executed in 1963.
Exhibited
New York, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Krishna Reddy: A Retrospective , 5 November 1981 - 28 February 1982 (another from the edition)
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue: Krishna Reddy, A Retrospective, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1981-82, illustration p. 37 (another from the edition) Catalogue note "I tried to realize the maximum impact of an object flying and to build that experience in a plate. This required finding new ways and new materials. A series of deep-bitten structures were made on the plate and printed in contact process by juxtaposition of streaks of colours." (K. Reddy, Catalogue Raisonne, Exhibition catalogue, Krishna Reddy: A Retrospective , Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1981, p. 69)
Catalog summary
KRISHNA REDDY 1925 - 2018 FLIGHT Mixed color intaglio on paper Signed ‘N. Krishna Reddy’ lower right and editioned ‘57/65’ lower left Edition 57 of 65 Folio 44.6 x 58.6 cm. (17 ⅝ x 23 ¼ in.) ; Image 33.2 x 48.9 cm. (13 ⅛ x 19 ¼ in.) Executed in 1963 Exhibited New York, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Krishna Reddy: A Retrospective , 5 November 1981 - 28 February 1982 (another from the edition) Literature Exhibition Catalogue: Krishna Reddy, A Retrospective, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1981-82, illustration p. 37 (another from the edition) Catalogue note "I tried to realize the maximum impact of an object flying and to build that experience in a plate. This required finding new ways and new materials. A series of deep-bitten structures were made on the plate and printed in contact process by juxtaposition of streaks of colours." (K. Reddy, Catalogue Raisonne, Exhibition catalogue, Krishna Reddy: A Retrospective , Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1981, p. 69)