Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern Contemporary Fine Arts | October 2018

68 OSIAN’s – Connoisseurs of Art K. K. Hebbar b. 15 June 1911 – d. 26 March 1996 Provenance Property from the eminent Hyderabad-based art & artifacts Collection of Shri Moti Lal & Prem Lata Devi Agarwal; acquired from Mumbai- based collector prior to 1984. Thereafter by descent inherited by Ramlal Prakash Agarwal in 1994. 24 See Full Provenance note on p.112 Detailed Artist Biography osianama.com/artists/ k-k-hebbar Untitled Oil on canvas, n.d. 30.0 x 59.9 in (76.3 x 152.2 cm) Signed ‘Hebbar’ l.r. ` 2,000,000 – 3,000,000 $ 27,780 – 41,670 Full DPS image on pp.64-65 “The expression of an emotion not only depends upon the subject matter but also on the juxtaposition of colours and treatment of space together with inventive symbols. The resulting work attains a new reality, far more true than visible reality and far removed from the so- called academic or impressionistic work. It is in this middle path, I believe, that there lie immense possibilities of maintaining the artist’s individuality and at the same time of creating works which attain universality.” K.K. Hebbar rpt. In Lalit Contemporary Journal No. 7 & 8, 1967-68.