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

147 THE MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY SERIES 106 K.V. HARIDASAN [b . 1937, Keechery, Cannanore, Kerala] Brahma Sutra Series s/d in English, l. r. on verso Oil on canvas, 1976 109.1 x 109.0 cm (42.9 x 42.9 in) Rs. 300,000 – 400,000 $ 6,500 – 8,650 £ 3,550 – 4,725 ‘Haridasan adopts the principle ‘A search for an order which is seemingly not there’ in expounding the Brahmasutra theme. He establishes this sense of order with the use of very considered, formal colour which is cool but lucid. The quiet, placid and almost neutral fields of colour emphasise the beauty of lines and curves of shapes and motifs, in terms of their formal relations. In another mode of composition an arabesque of curves suggests phenomenal power as it flows, like flames of waves, within an ovoid. Set in this and circulated by this force are germinal, nuclei formations.’ – Richard Bartholomew, rpt. in The Times of India. December 1976.