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

46 23 S.H. Raza (b.1922) Desert (ETE) Summer S/d in English ‘RAZA 62’, l.r. Oil on canvas, 1962 23.7 x 23.7 in (60.3 x 60.3 cm) INR 3,200,000 – 4,000,000 USD 80,000 – 100,000 24 S.H. Raza (b.1922) Nad Bindu S/d in English ‘RAZA 78’ l.r. and verso Acrylic on paper, 1978 25.6 x 19.3 in (65.0 x 49.0 cm) INR 2,000,000 – 2,500,000 USD 50,000 – 62,500 “Inevitably, freedom is accompanied by remembrance, and for Raza this brought home the hot, burning colours of miniatures from Mewar and Malwa, the searing sensations of his own land. Even as the acrylic medium lends the painting a fluid vibrancy, Raza’s tempestuous gestures, the tongues of flame in paintings like Rajasthan , will be immortalized…There is no recognizable shape, only the fluency of paint and its vibrant movement on the surface. The three primary colours-red, yellow, and blue- emerge along with white and black to be assembled and re-assembled, simulating the passion and violence of the land. ” Yashodhara Dalmia, rpt. in The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives , 2001; p155.