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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION,
MUMBAI
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S H RAZA
(1922 ‒ 2016)
Kundalini
Signed and dated ‘RAZA 2000’ (lower centre); signed,
dated and inscribed ‘RAZA / 2000 / “KUNDALINI”’ and
inscribed again in Devnagari (on the reverse)
2000
Acrylic on canvas
59 x 59 in (150 x 150 cm)
Rs 3,00,00,000 ‒ 5,00,00,000
$ 447,765 ‒ 746,270
EXHIBITED:
Ashtha Nayak: The Living legends of Indian Contemporary Art
,
Mumbai: Tao Art Gallery, 21 January ‒ 28 February 2001
Modern Indian Art: 12 Contemporary Painters
, New York:
Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, 12‒16 May 2001
PUBLISHED:
Ian Findlay‒Brown ed.,
Modern Indian Art: 12 Contemporary
Painters
, New York: Saffronart, 2001 (illustrated)
A similar painting,
Kundalini
, 1999, at Saffronart’s exhibition,
Raza: A Retrospective
, New York, 20 September 2007
“Art is meditation; it meditates through colours.”
S H RAZA