Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 58 60 K.M. ADIMOOLAM (b.1938) Jugs and Fruits S/d in English ‘Adimoolam 04’ l.l. Charcoal on acid free paper, 2004 31.9 x 21.1 in (81.0 x 53.5 cm) INR 200,000 – 250,000 USD 4,500 – 5,650 ‘By the mid-1960’s… the prerogatives of the Cholamandal movement come to the fore, but again in a ux, from the directly received and stylized, to the softer and more transposed by the artist’s own sensibilities, and by his greater responsiveness to the world around him. There are several compositions with modernized folkloristic and classical Indian motifs. Lotus foliage and owers, cows and elephants, rustic scenes with people, animals and vegetation… From a curlicued calligraphy, which delineates the sensual, sweet shapes of the human and animal, the strokes and textures aim at capturing and enhancing the life throb that inltrates, engages and unites the cosmic and the mundane planes of existence.’ – Marta Jakimowicz- Karle rpt in ‘K.M.Adimoolam: Paintings’, Art Heritage 2000.