Osian's Auction Catalogue The Osianama Series |February 2013

128 “ Gaitonde’s explorations regarding the luminosities and densities of colour, could best be clarified if one tries to imagine the formation of puddles of water on a marble floor, hand in hand with their consequent drying process. Random shapes emerge, only to disappear and re-emerge. These uncertainties are played with, each moment demanding a stillness. Soon one feels that randomness has been given sufficient freedom, and is about to return the compliment, revealing herself through some recognisable form”. – Neville Tuli, ibid , p.258. 67 V.S. Gaitonde 1924 – 10 August 2001 Untitled Oil on canvas, 1969 S/d in Devanagari and English ‘GAITONDE 69’ on verso 35.1 x 30.1 in (89.2 x 76.5 cm) Provenance Private New Delhi-based Collection ` 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 US$ 181,820 – 363,640 GBP 125,000 – 250,000 Illustrated Reference Please refer to Tuli, Neville. The Flamed-Mosaic:IndianContemporary Painting. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing in association with HEART, 1997; p.222, Fig. 160 for full page colour illustration of painting from the same series as Lot 67. detail