Sohan Qadri

Inner Journey

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March 20, 05:04 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from a Private Collector, France

Sohan Qadri

1932 - 2011

Inner Journey

Ink and dye on handmade paper

Signed and dated 'Qadri 00' lower right and further signed, dated and inscribed 'Qadri 00 / April' on reverse

30 x 22 ⅛ in. (76.2 x 56.2 cm.)

Executed in 2000

Private Collection of Vinit Kumar, New Delhi
Acquired from Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, April 2005

Sohan Qadri: The Still Center, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2005, illustration p. 47
Sohan Qadri: The Moment, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2007, illustration p. 67
Sohan Qadri: Paintings 1961 - 2010, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2011, illustration p. 313

An artist, philosopher, poet, and yogi, Sohan Qadri is known for his minimal, meditative artworks which reflect a deep and spiritual relationship with Tantric principles. In the current ink work, Qadri’s adoption of color is emblematic of this practice and he applies his remarkable understanding of depth and texture to reveal an imagined horizon receding within the paper’s surface. The artist was drawn to ink for its greater richness of pigment: "I was perpetually seeking a medium where effort is superfluous. Deep states of being are not brought out by effort." - Sohan Qadri (P. Gribaudo, Sohan Qadri: The Seer, Skira Editore S.p.A., Milan, 2011, p. 47)