Sacred Cow
Auction Closed
March 18, 06:39 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Amar Nath Sehgal
1922 - 2007
Sacred Cow
Bronze with a marble base
Signed, dated and editioned ‘ Sehgal / 3/5 / 1972’
11 ⅞ x 24 ¾ x 13 ⅜ in. (30.2 x 62.9 x 34 cm.)
Base: 1 ⅛ x 25 ½ x 14 ⅞ in. (3 x 64.8 x 37.8 cm.)
Edition 3 of 5
Cast in 1972
Acquired directly from the artist, Belgium, by a private collector who hosted the artist during his stays in the country
MJV Soudant, Belgium, Antiquités et Objets d'Arts et Art Asiatique, 29 January 2023, lot 297
'Sehgal: l'humanité pour patrie', Le Droit, 12 September 1975, illustrated [titled 'L'animal', edition not listed]
'Skulptur als lyrische Klage: Ausstellung des indischen Bildhauers Amar Sehgal in Freinsheim', Die Rheinpfalz, 25 January 1977, illustrated [titled 'Sterbende Kuh', edition not listed]
'Form und Bewegung als Gegenstand der Wahrnehmung', Südkurier, 15 July 1977, [titled 'Rufend', another from the edition]
Luxembourg, Hotel Aerogolf, Retrospective, 1975 [edition not listed]
Ottawa, City Hall, Amar Nath Sehgal: Solo Exhibition, 1975 [edition not listed]
New York, India House, 1976 [edition not listed]
Konstanz, Steigenberger Inselhotel, 1977 [another from the edition]
Freinsheim, Historishchen Rathaus (with Surya Galerie), 1977 [edition not listed]
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