Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | March 2008

102 75 Shivax Chavda (b.1914) i. Dancer – I S/d in English, ‘S.Chavda 1956’, l.r S/d in Gujarati ‘S. Chavda 56’ l.r. Pen and ink on paper, 1956 13.5 x 9.7 in (34.5 x 24.4 cm) ii. Dancer – II S/d in English ‘S.Chavda 1956’ l.r. S/d in Gujarati ‘S. Chavda 56’ l.r. Pen and ink on paper, 1956 14.5 x 10.2 in (36.8 x 25.9 cm) INR 320,000 – 400,000 USD 8,000 – 10,000 (Set of 2) 74 Akbar Padamsee (b.1928) Figure Signed in English ‘Padamsee’ l.r. written ‘AP’ l.l. Intaglio and Charcoal on paper, 1970s 15.3 x 18.6 in (38.9 x 47.2 cm) INR 320,000 – 400,000 USD 8,000 – 10,000 ‘Akbar Padamsee’s drawings probe the raw human body for its containment of the subtle. The method, intuitively but on par with distanced analysis, oscillates between and blends a realistic basis and its aesthetic transformation… Usually both harsh and tender, they reverbrate of an empathetic acceptance. Aware of mundane flaws and awkwardness in the sitters, they might occasionally tilt the stress slightly towards a rough expressionistic mode, yet remaining attuned to others humanity understood now in universal rather than individual terms. ‘ Marta Jakimowicz rpt. in Akbar Padamsee Threshold ExC 2005.