Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts and Books | April 2017

72 Prabhakar Barwe 1936-1996 Untitled Pen & ink on paper, 1986 S/d in Devanagari ‘Pra. B. 1986’ l.r. 12.8 x 19.0 in (32.5 x 48.3 cm) Provenance Private Mumbai-based Collector; formerly acquired from the Artist Family Collection INR 200,000 – 300,000 USD 2,990 – 4,480 ‘Generally I want a line which is geometric. At one point I felt the line was becoming too rigid, though I wanted the preciseness of geometry. I wanted it softer in tone. The simplest method became to draw a dotted line so that you incorporate space and form, space – form; seeing and not seeing, abstract and concrete, tangible and intangible, so that the line becomes flexible.’ – Prabhakar Barwe in conversation with Neville Tuli rpt. in The Flamed Mosaic: Indian Contemporary Painting . New Delhi HEART/ Mapin 1997; p284.