Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 72 74 LAXMA GOUD (b.1940) Self Portrait S/d in English ‘K Laxma goud 1974’ t.l. Signed in English ‘K. Laxma goud’ l.l. Mixed media on paper, 1974 11.0 x 10.9 in (27.9 x 27.8 cm) INR 1,200,000 – 1,500,000 USD 27,100 – 33,850 ‘The human gure isolated as a bust, confronts us with its lonely ravaged countenance. The parched bodies of tribals and peasants through years of draughts and oods are built in sharp angular surfaces, dried and withered yet their heads held high in deance. The dignity of endurance is writ large in their commanding expression. In these Laxma has portrayed another aspect of the life of people revealed to him.’ – Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh rpt. in Laxma Goud Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Akademi 1979; p9.