Lot 61
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K. LAXMA GOUD | Untitled (Landscape); Untitled (Figures)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Laxma Goud
  • Untitled (Landscape); Untitled (Figures)
  • Signed and dated in Telegu lower left of print and further inscribed and editioned 'ETCHING COPPER. AP/-' lower left; signed and dated in Telegu lower centre; signed and dated 'K. Laxma goud 1976' lower rightSigned and dated in Telegu and further signed and dated 'K. Laxma goud 1980' lower leftBearing Sara Abraham's travelling art show -  Kala Yatra label on reverse of drawing
  • Etching; Pencil on paper
  • 56 x 68.7 cm. (22 x 27 in.); 35.2 x 55.2 cm. (13 ⅞ x 21 ¾)
  • Executed in 1976; Executed in 1980

Provenance

Acquired from an art gallery in Calcutta in 1980; Acquired from an art gallery in New Delhi circa 1980-81

Literature

Untitled (Landscape) illustrated in G. Kapur, When Was Modernism: Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice, Tulika, New Delhi, 2000, p. 292 (another from the edition)

Condition

Untitled (Landscape) There is a small spot of discolouration at the top right of the paper. The print is in very good overall condition, as viewed. Untitled (Figures) Minor losses are present around the edges of the paper. There are some pinhole sized accretions throughout, most notably by the head of the figure on the left, however these are only visible on close inspection. The drawing is in very good overall condition, as viewed.
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