Osian's Auction Catalogue Select Masterpieces of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | June 2009

107 49 S.H. Raza (b.1922) Prakriti Time and Space Acrylic on canvas, 2004 S/d in English ‘RAZA 04’ l.r. and ‘RAZA 2004’ on verso 39.2 x 39.2 in (99.5 x 99.5 cm) Inscribed in English ‘“Prakriti – time & space” Acryliq on canvas 100 x 100 cm’ on verso INR 5,600,000 – 7,000,000 USD 116,670 – 145,830 “The abstractionist approaches the world as an invitation in code, which rewards the deciphering self with expanded awareness. Raza’s practice of symbolic abstraction has as much to do with the nature of symbols as it has with the symbols of nature: he encodes his art with memories of earth, river and rain drawn from his childhood in rural Madhya Pradesh, weaving nostalgia through a consciousness of the sensuous present.” – Ranjit Hoskote, rpt. in ‘Resonance – Four Claims on Pictorial Space’, ExC, Art Musings, 2005.