Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern Fine Arts | February 2019

Indian Modern Fine Arts | 115 52 SATISH GUJRAL b. 25 December 1925 Deity Series Burnt wood relief, 1985-1990 Signed in Devanagari ‘Gujral’ c.l 26.0 x 45.3 in (66.0 x 115.0 cm) Provenance Acquired by private Mumbai- based Collector in 2005. INR 1,200,000 – 1,800,000 US$ 16,901 – 25,352 While responding to his inner being and the world around, Satish Gujral created new imagery, pictorial and sculptural, shifting from one material to another, unconventional or traditional, and that in rhythm with changing techniques in handling them. It is difficult to pinpoint which inspired what- the image ushered in the material, or vice versa. the affinity is amazing. The forms he created in three-dimensional and on flat surface are often deeply rooted in indigenous plastic traditions. Sometimes they are also strongly redolent of the memories and deeply felt perceptions of the arts Lot 52 is a Burnt Wood & Mixed Media Sculpture from his famous Deity Series 1985-90 Illustrative References Similar work illustrated in “Satish Gujral”- An Artography. Text by Gayatri Sinha, Santo Datta and Gautam Bhatia. National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Roli Books, 2006. Deity, 1990; p.98. Rupika Chawla. Surface & Depth. New Delhi: Viking 1995; Illustrated between pp.206-7. and cultures of far countries. Deep waters from faraway lands and times meet in his work...In the relief sculptures (Burnt Wood), roughly between the late seventies and 1990’s, the dark memories of the past are transformed into ponderous presence of vengeful tribal deities. The blind Unreason that he encountered in the daily business of living was concretised in his sculptures. – “ Satish Gujral ”- An Artography. Text by Gayatri Sinha, Santo Datta and Gautam Bhatia. National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Roli Books, 2006. Pg. 19 & 23