Lot 447
  • 447

T. V. Santhosh

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • T. V. Santhosh
  • Untitled
  • signed twice and dated 2002 on the reverse of the left panel; signed twice and dated 2003 on the reverse of the right panel

  • oil on canvas, in 2 parts
  • Each: 36 by 54 in. 91.4 by 137.1 cm.
  • Overall: 36 by 108 in. 91.4 by 274.3 cm.
  • Executed in 2002-2003.

Provenance

Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Private Collection, India
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of handling and light wear around the edges of both panels. There are scattered scuffs and marks on the bullet image and surrounding area of the left panel. There is a spot of discoloration located approximately 3 ½ in. from the bottom and 24 ½ in. from the left edge of the right panel. There is additionally a light scuff located 12 in. from the bottom and 23 in. from the left edge of the right panel. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

One tends to look at the world through the tinted spectacles of news reports on the massacre of innocents, spectacular highlights of explosions, flux of speakers spewing hatred and the kinds of propaganda campaigns that camouflage truth. It is a strange world exposed and manipulated; one's extended vision that constructs and reshapes the perceptions of the 'present', riddled with endless, eternal questions and a couple of ready-made albeit elusive solutions.
- T.V. Santhosh