Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTOR
Auction Closed
June 10, 02:40 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
BALRAJ KHANNA
b. 1940
Untitled
Watercolour and ink on paper
Signed and dated 'Balraj Khanna '70' on reverse
25.1 x 18.7 cm. (9 ⅞ x 7 ¼ in.)
Executed in 1970
Acquired directly from the artist circa 1970
"The two watercolours were a result of my perpetually awful handwriting. There came a point when even I couldn’t read what I had written. I decided to turn this disadvantage to my advantage. That is, I began to distort my handwriting. Doing that, I discovered that if I infused my distortions with judiciously chosen colours, I could make the whole thing sparkle. In due course, I began to arrange collections of words in circles or circular forms to extract additional appeal from them." (Correspondence with the artist, April 2019)