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Lot 57
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Sayed Haider Raza

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sayed Haider Raza
  • Bindu-Feu
  • Signed, dated and inscribed 'RAZA / 1988 / Acrylique sur toile / 30 X 30 cm- / "BINDU-FEU"' on reverse
  • Acrylic on canvas
  • 30 by 30 cm. (11 ¾ by 11 ¾ in.)
  • Painted in 1988

Provenance

Purchased from Galleri Koloritten, Stavanger Norway, 1992

Condition

The painting is in good condition. There is a pin hole sized area of craquelure in the lower centre of the painting. Very minor fly spots are visible in the upper half and there is a faint stain which is only visible under close scrutiny. As viewed.
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Catalogue Note

Raza perfected his study of the Bindu and its symbolism throughout the 1980's. In this compact work the Bindu is both the seed and the void surrounding space and surrounded by fire and the act of creation. He states 'the obscure black space is charged with latent force aspiring to fulfilment. Like the universal order of the earth-seed relationship, the original form of the Bindu emerges and unfolds itself in black space. All inherent forces unite. A vertical line intersects a horizontal line, engendering energy and light. Space is charged.' (Geeti Sen, Bindu, Space and Time in Raza’s Vision, New Delhi, 1997, p. 107). In this jewel-like painting, bright harmonious colours serve to fulfill Raza's concern with the elements of nature and the cosmos.