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

83 37 Akbar Padamsee (b.1928) Landscape Acrylic on paper, 1962 S/d in English ‘PADAMSEE 62’ t.r. 25.4 x 19.7 in (64.4 x 49.8 cm) Inscribed in English ‘LANDSCAPE By Akbar Padamsee’ on verso Condition Minor tear on the upper edge Provenance Mukund & Neerja Lath Collection INR 1,200,000 – 1,500,000 USD 25,000 – 31,250 Exhibition-Auction Reference The Intuitive-Logic II, Cu. Neville Tuli, HEART, 1997, p66 “The landscapes he painted during his later, grey phase were in contrast panoramic: wide, sweeping views of tropical cities. They carried over the compact structure of geometric forms from the previous landscapes and projected them on to a larger scale. The later landscapes, beginning around 1963, became different. Akbar was slowly finding an equilibrium in his relation to nature, somewhere between an idealised image, a realistic image, and the desired image of a romantic.” - Geeta Kapur, rpt. in rpt. in Contemporary Indian Artists, Vikash Publishing, 1978