Amar Nath Sehgal
Sacred Cow
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March 18, 06:39 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Amar Nath Sehgal
1922 - 2007
Sacred Cow
Bronze with a marble base
Signed, dated and editioned ‘ Sehgal / 3/5 / 1972’
11 ⅞ x 24 ¾ x 13 ⅜ in. (30.2 x 62.9 x 34 cm.)
Base: 1 ⅛ x 25 ½ x 14 ⅞ in. (3 x 64.8 x 37.8 cm.)
Edition 3 of 5
Cast in 1972
Acquired directly from the artist, Belgium, by a private collector who hosted the artist during his stays in the country
MJV Soudant, Belgium, Antiquités et Objets d'Arts et Art Asiatique, 29 January 2023, lot 297
Luxembourg, Hotel Aerogolf, Retrospective, 1975 [edition not listed]
Ottawa, City Hall, Amar Nath Sehgal: Solo Exhibition, 1975 [edition not listed]
New York, India House, 1976 [edition not listed]
Konstanz, Steigenberger Inselhotel, 1977 [another from the edition]
Freinsheim, Historishchen Rathaus (with Surya Galerie), 1977 [edition not listed]
'Sehgal: l'humanité pour patrie', Le Droit, 12 September 1975, illustrated [titled 'L'animal', edition not listed]
'Skulptur als lyrische Klage: Ausstellung des indischen Bildhauers Amar Sehgal in Freinsheim', Die Rheinpfalz, 25 January 1977, illustrated [titled 'Sterbende Kuh', edition not listed]
'Form und Bewegung als Gegenstand der Wahrnehmung', Südkurier, 15 July 1977, [titled 'Rufend', another from the edition]