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

142 111 Gopikrishna (b.1965) Mind Scroll, Detail - 2 Intitialled in English ‘G.P.’ l.l S/d in English on Verso Sign & Title on Verso Watercolour on paper, 2005 35.5 x 27.2 in (90.2 x 69.1 cm) INR 400,000 – 500,000 USD 10,000 – 12,500 110 Gopikrishna (b.1965) Man in Deep study losing peacocks one by one S/d in English on Verso ‘Gopi Krishna July 2005’ Sign, Year and Title on Verso Oil on canvas, 2005 32.1 x 60.0 in (81.5 x 152.5 cm) INR 1,200,000 – 1,600,000 USD 30,000 – 40,000 ‘The influence of Egyptian figuration is manifest in Gopikrishna’s paintings. The indifference to the loss of natural life forms, particularly of the weak and the defenceless is borne out by the annihilation of the peacocks.’ – Gayatri Sinha rpt. in Gopikrishna ‘the cave in the metropolis’ by Gopikrishna, Palette Art Gallery ExC. 2006.