Balkrishna Patel
Untitled , 1969 (Painted)
Lot #66 |
2023-10-24 |
Sotheby's, London
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 2,000 - 3,000 (currency of sale)
USD 2,560 - 3,840 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L23500
Auction name: Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2023-10-24
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 89.5 x 77.2 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
89.5
Width In Centimeters:
77.2
Height In Inches:
35.25
Width In Inches:
30.375
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Edition: Unique
Edition notes: Unique.
Year notes: Painted in 1969.
Provenance
Acquired at Surya Galerie, Freinsheim, circa 1970s Catalogue note Born in Ahmedabad in 1925, Balkrishna Patel studied under the prestigious tutelage of Ravishanker Rawal and later with N.S. Bendre at Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda. Patel is economic and astute with shape, line, and color, revealing beauty through simple forms. Patel was a member of Group 1890, formed in 1962, which contributed to a form of indigenous modernism and offered a fresh perspective to the aesthetics of modernist India. The present lot showcases Patel’s unique and pioneering visual language that stood against the cosmopolitan aesthetic in Bombay. The painting reveals a modernist rendering of Tantric geometry and patterns, created by a thoughtful and incisive artist.
Catalog summary
Property from a Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg Balkrishna Patel 1925 - 2003 Untitled Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated 'Balkrishna / 1969' lower right 89.5 x 77.2 cm. (35 ¼ x 30 ⅜ in.) Painted in 1969 Provenance Acquired at Surya Galerie, Freinsheim, circa 1970s Catalogue note Born in Ahmedabad in 1925, Balkrishna Patel studied under the prestigious tutelage of Ravishanker Rawal and later with N.S. Bendre at Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda. Patel is economic and astute with shape, line, and color, revealing beauty through simple forms. Patel was a member of Group 1890, formed in 1962, which contributed to a form of indigenous modernism and offered a fresh perspective to the aesthetics of modernist India. The present lot showcases Patel’s unique and pioneering visual language that stood against the cosmopolitan aesthetic in Bombay. The painting reveals a modernist rendering of Tantric geometry and patterns, created by a thoughtful and incisive artist.