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Manjit Bawa (1941-2008)
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- Manjit Bawa
- Untitled
- Each inscribed, signed and dated 'A/P, silk screen print, Manjit Bawa 77' along lower edge
- Four serigraphs on paper
- 9 1/2 by 13 3/4 in. (24.1 by 34.8 cm) each
- Executed in 1977
Provenance
Acquired from a private Kolkata based collection
Condition
The purple print is in good condition as viewed.
The grey, red and blue prints have minor spots of foxing on the unpainted edges of the print, consistent with age. These works are mounted and framed behind glass, and in good condition as viewed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Manjit Bawa studied serigraphy at the London School of Printing, Essex and worked in London as a print maker from 1967 to 1971. Back in India, Jagdish Swaminathan invited him to start a print making department in Bhatat Bhavan, Bhopal. Bawa enjoyed making serigraphs not only of his own works but also for his artist friends. For his own prints he experimented with shapes and stark backgrounds that later became a part of his iconography as a painter. The artist reinvented the free floating form, which later became figures, and the inanimate shapes reassembled to take on animal and human figuration.