Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces and Museum Quality Series | October 2004

138 OSIAN ’ s–CONNOISSEURS OF ART 98 Haridas Ambadas GADE [ 1917-2001/ b . Talegaon, Maharashtra] Cityscape S/d in English, l.r. Oil on canvas, 1959 104.5 x 84.8 cm (41.1 x 33.4 in) Rs. 1,000,000 – 1,250,000 $ 21,600 – 27,000 £ 11,825 – 14,800 Please refer to Illustrations on page 7,11 & 14 for works from the same series in Gade. Bombay: Sadanga Series 1961. ‘He is one of the most gifted painters of contemporary India. He has an excellent intuitive sense of colour and his composition has virility, strength and precision. He is near abstract in his approach, though I do not think he will go completely non- objective. He has the inner urge to take the cue from nature, both in regard to colours and motifs, and he has the competence to transform these elements into a finished painting in tune with his personality, temperament and conception.’ – S.A. Krishnan, rpt. in op. cit. ; p20. ‘I have come to believe that pictorial truth is a self-contained phenomenon, within the limits of the medium and visual imagery is only a means to arrive at this truth. Therefore I have no story to tell, no literary message to give, no social commentary to make in my pictures. My paintings are just paintings, disseminating my ideas and experiences as a painter.’ – H.A.Gade, rpt. in op.cit. ; p20.