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

75 34 L. Munuswamy (b.1927) Animals in Composition Oil on canvas, 1962 Signed in English ‘Munuswamy’ l.c 49.2 x 47.2 in (125.0 x 120.0 cm) Condition Previously restored in October 2006 Provenance Previously from the Artist’s Collection INR 1,600,000 – 2,000,000 USD 33,330 – 41,670 Illustrated Reference The Drifting HorizonL L. Munuswamy , DAG, 2007, p71 “In the 60s I painted a number of works which had birds and animals as their motifs. These forms lent themselves to a great extent to the liberty of an artist, to distort, dismember, interlock in a number of ways that satisfied the urge to create…The human form when it is distorted beyond certain limits, becomes crude and vulgarized whereas animal forms lend themselves to innumerable forms that are agreeable and lovable.” – L. Munuswamy, as quoted in The Drifting HorizonL L. Munuswamy, DAG, 2007, p20–21.