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Senaka Senanayake
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Senaka Senanayake
- Untitled (Women in a Lush Landscape)
- Signed and dated 'Senaka Senanayake / 1964' lower right
- Oil on canvas
- 52⅛ x 35½ in. (132.2 x 90.2 cm.)
- Painted in 1964
Provenance
Acquired from a gallery in Washington DC in 1976 by a private collector in Maryland
Acquired from estate of the Maryland collector in 2015
Acquired from estate of the Maryland collector in 2015
Condition
Very minor wear along the corners and near hair of the rightmost kneeling figure. A few tiny spots of loss along left center edge and left of leftmost figure. Small dark accretions such as in upper right appear inherent. A small patch of craquelere right of leftmost kneeling figure and a tiny spot of pigment shrinkage in the back of leftmost standing figure.
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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
Senaka Senanayake is one of Sri Lanka’s most popular living artists with over a hundred solo shows to his credit, and numerous group exhibitions across the world including Europe, East Asia, Australia and North Africa. Senanayake achieved international acclaim at the early age of ten when he held his first solo exhibition in New York at the Asia House Art Gallery. He received his formal training in art from Yale University graduating in Art and Architecture. He is best known for his vibrant canvases depicting women, lush landscapes and more recently endangered flora and fauna from his native country Sri Lanka. This present work combines all these elements and comments on the theme of endangered wildlife and destruction of the natural world, but through these positive and mesmerising paintings. The artist draws his aesthetic inspiration from the environs of his studio in Colombo, where he is surrounded by the iridescent scenery of the many tropical gardens.