Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

118 69 a. r aMaChandran (b.1939) i. Crucifixion Etching & aquatint on paper (pasted on board), 1968 S/d in English ‘RAMACHANDRAN 1968’ l.r. Inscribed in English ‘5/8’ t.r. 10.8 x 7.4 in (27.6 x 18.8 cm) ii. Gesture Etching on paper (handmade), 1968 Printed signature in regional language ‘Ramachandran’ l.l., S/d in English ‘Ramachandran ‘68’ l.r. Inscribed in English ‘gesture’ on l.l. and dated ‘23/4/02’ on t.r. 14.2 x 9.3 in (36.1 x 23.8 cm) iii. Ressurection Etching on paper, 1968 S/d in english ‘RAMACHANDRAN 1968’ l.r. Inscribed in English ‘1/5 on l.l. and ‘RESURRECTION, 7/248’ on verso 11.4 x 15.3 in (29.0 x 39.0 cm) INR 240,000 – 360,000 US$ 5,000 – 7,500 (Set of 3) “His figures show that he is deeply interested in the body – its form, structure, musculature and surfaces. His work reveals an original interpretation of this theme: for the forms are felt as volumes, as surfaces rippling with convexes and depths; as rich in colour, strengthened with dark and light tones which together build up the human frame. The limbs in this style are taut and tense, crumpled or stretched, they are displayed as motifs that contain both form and emotion. The movement is not that of the figures themselves but of the pattern. The eye is led from limb to limb or suddenly confronted with contrasting squares of planar surfaces or of ‘holes’. The figure is used as a pictorial element to span space or to accumulate into a fleshy mass.” – Jaya Appaswamy, L KC 17, 1974 , p.17.