Osian's Auction Catalogue Masterpieces and Museum-Quality III | March 2004

105 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III 46 G.R. IRANNA (b.1970 / Bijapur, Karnataka) Homage to Ravi Shankar S/d in English on verso Oil on canvas, 2001 174.0 x 195.5 cm, (68.5 x 77.0 in) Rs. 250,000 – 325,000 US$ 5,550 – 7,200 GB£ 3,050 – 3,950 OSIANs S.I.R. ANALYSIS [2002–03] Present Estimate 47.40 Previous Average 19.75 Auction Average 289.84 “ G.R.Iranna’s recent paintings are sites of struggle. Even a cursory glance at them fills the eye with a sense of tremendous dynamism, of volatility and ferment. A closer look reveals a series of conflicts being played out on the picture surface: between a colour and its neighbour; between a figure and pigment; between the organic and the technological.” (Girish Shahane, rpt. in Iranna G. Rukumpur – The Enigma of Departure EXC . The Guild, Mumbai 2001.)