Astaguru Present Future Catalogue February 2023 (2)

["Lot No. 73 ........................................................... VALAY SHENDE 1980 UNTITLED 56 x 26 x 9 in (142.2 x 66 x 23 cm) Lacquer on stainless steel discs J 8,00,000 \u2013 10,00,000 | $ 10,127 \u2013 12,658","Lot No. 74 ....................................................................................................... CHITTROVANU MAZUMDAR 1956 UNTITLED 58.5 x 72 in (148.6 x 183 cm) Oil on canvas J 8,00,000 \u2013 10,00,000 | $ 10,127 \u2013 12,658 Signed : Bottom Right Born in 1956 in Paris, France, Chittrovanu Mazumdar grew up in Calcutta. His father was the revered avant-garde artist Nirode Mazumdar. Chittrovanu Mazumdar studied at the Government College of Arts and Crafts and graduated in 1981. Since his first solo exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, in 1985, the artist has established himself as one of India\u2019s leading contemporary artists known for his compelling works. The inevitable tension between dark and light is at the heart of Mazumdar\u2019s works. With an artistic temperament affected by aesthetic and socio-cultural influences, Mazumdar creates layered imagery with bold brush strokes merging figuration and abstraction. He navigates his visual vocabulary around the tropes of modernism and also incorporates evocative human forms like a curious pair of eyes or outstretched hands. Dominated by the colour black and starkly contrasted with flaming shades, such as lacquer reds and bright Amazon blue, his fragmented compositions at once evoke a sense of both melancholy and mystery and inevitably invite the viewers to locate their own interpretation. Since the late 90s onwards, Chittrovanu Mazumdar has been dedicated to creating multimedia installation art. Using different mediums like digital content, music, light, and materials like iron, rubber, wood, textile and mechanical devices, he creates immersive environments that require the viewer to move around and fully experience the installation. Through the course of his career, Chittrovanu Mazumdar has showcased his works at several solo and group exhibitions at different venues, including New York, London and Paris.","","Lot No. 75 ................................................................. PRASANTA SAHU 1968 STUDY - 02082019 60 x 48 in (152.4 x 122cm) Acrylic on canvas 2019 J 1,00,000 \u2013 2,00,000 | $ 1,266 \u2013 2,532 Signed & Dated : Verso","Lot No. 76 ...................................................................................... SHAHABUDDIN AHMED 1950 UNTITLED 36 x 48 in (91.4 x 122 cm) | Oil on canvas | 2007 J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 Signed & Dated : Bottom Right This lot will be offered without a reserve.","","Lot No. 77 .................................................. BHARTI KHER 1969 UNTITLED 95.5 x 47.5 in (242.5 x 120.5 cm) Bindis on aluminium composite panel 2006 J 60,00,000 \u2013 80,00,000 $ 75,949 \u2013 101,266 Signed & Dated : Verso","Lot No. 78 ............................................................... DHRUVA MISTRY 1957 SPATIAL DIAGRAM, SWASTIKA - 4 10 x 10 x 9 in (25.4 x 25.4 x 23 cm) Stainless steel 2003 - 2005 J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 Exhibited : \u2018Making Of Divinity\u2019 at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 18th May - 2nd June, 2006 (another).","Lot No. 79 ....................................................................................................... JAYASHREE CHAKRAVARTY 1956 UNTITLED 51 x 61 in (129.5 x 155 cm) Oil & acrylic on paper pasted on board 2007 J 4,00,000 \u2013 6,00,000 | $ 5,063 \u2013 7,595 Signed & Dated : Bottom Right This lot will be offered without a reserve.","Lot No. 80 .................................................................... SURENDRAN NAIR 1956 RAINBOWS IN CURVED AIR -STUDY FOR AN INSTALLATION ELYSIUM (CUCKOONEBULOPOLIS) 71 x 71 in (180.3 x 180.3 cm) Oil on canvas 2010 J 15,00,000 \u2013 20,00,000 | $ 18,987 \u2013 25,316 Signed & Dated : Verso Exhibited : San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, November, 2010. 'Surendran Nair - Neti, Neti' at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 10th November - 17th December, 2010. Fusing traditional with contemporary imagery, like political caricatures and cinema posters, works by Surendran Nair are inspired by surrealism and are done in various mediums ranging from watercolour to printmaking and oils. Born in Kerala in 1956, Surendran Nair studied painting from the College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum, and later also did a printmaking course from M. S. University, Vadodara. Starting with pen and ink drawings, etching and lithography, Nair's early career saw him primarily focusing on portraits. Later he started to work heavily in oils, leading to his fascination with \\\"corollary mythologies\\\" which depicted the age-old mythological fables in a contemporary context. This preoccupation also led to a series of hand coloured etchings in the late 1990s titled \u201cThe Labyrinth of Eternal Delight\u201d. Not only for his beautiful paintings, the artist is also known for the long whimsical titles he renders to his artworks. Through his career, Surendran Nair has participated in various group and solo exhibitions in India and across the world, including Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva, Delphina Studio Gallery, London and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai to name a few. The artist lives and works in Vadodara, Gujarat. The artist with the presented lot on exhibit at San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, 2010.","","Lot No. 81 ................................................................................ BARUN CHOWDHURY 1971 UNTITLED 48 x 48 in (122 x 122 cm) Acrylic on canvas 2011 J 1,25,000 \u2013 1,50,000 | $ 1,582 \u2013 1,899 Signed & Dated : Bottom Left","Lot No. 82 ............................................................................... CHINTAN UPADHYAY 1972 NEW BREED \/ HYBRID 48 x 36 in (122 x 91.4 cm) Oil & acrylic on canvas 2006 J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 Signed & Dated : Verso","Lot No. 83 .................................................. JYOTHI BASU 1977 UNTITLED (Triptych) 12 x 36 in (30.5 x 91.4 cm) Oil on canvas J 1,00,000 \u2013 2,00,000 | $ 1,266 \u2013 2,532","Lot No. 84 ........................................................................................... BOSE KRISHNAMACHARI 1963 MIND THE GAP 21.5 x 65.5 in (54.6 x 166.4 cm) Mixed media on paper J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 Signed : Verso","Lot No. 85 ...................................................................................... SHAHABUDDIN AHMED 1950 UNTITLED 63 x 79 in (160 x 200.7 cm) | Oil on canvas | 2006 J 8,00,000 \u2013 10,00,000 | $ 10,127 \u2013 12,658 Signed & Dated : Bottom Right Exhibited : \u2018Shahabuddin\u2019 solo exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Indian Arts, Mumbai, 2007. Shahabuddin Ahmed is known for his paintings that portraits of historical figures such as Mahatma Gandhi symbolise the pain, power, joy, freedom of movement, and Rabindranath Tagore. The imagery of sports and indomitable spirit of humans in the face of odds. persons has also been a recurring motif in his works. Capturing figures of monumental proportions with heavy gestural brushstrokes and thick impasto, Post-war, the artist moved to Paris in 1974 on a compositions by Shahabuddin Ahmed are unmistakably government scholarship to study at Ecole Sup\u00e9rieure rhythmic and rely heavily on the power of motion. His des Beaux-Arts de Paris. While in Paris, he was protagonists, transcending time and space, at times introduced to the works of artist Francis Bacon which seem enthralled and engrossed in the cosmic dance in also influenced him significantly. Shahabuddin Ahmed\u2019s unison with the ethereal forces. The rawness of his technique and creativity has earned him recognition and works, coupled with a unique amalgamation of accolades on several occasions. He was named one of monochromatic colours with bright shades, adds to the \u201c50 Master Painters of Contemporary Art\u201d during the their appeal. Olympiad of Arts in Barcelona in 1992. He was also conferred with the Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre des Arts et des Born in 1950 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the artist was a Lettres (Knight in the Order of Art and Literature), by student at the College of Arts and Crafts, Dhaka, where the French government in 2014. In 2017, he became the he emerged as an outstanding student. However, at the first foreign artist-in-residence at the Rashtrapati beginning of Bangladesh's 1971 War for Liberation, he Bhavan in New Delhi. Apart from being showcased in was enlisted as a platoon commander and fought at the several solo and group exhibitions around the world, battlefront. The experience of war had a great impact on his paintings are also housed in the collections of him and became an essential component of his artistic numerous prestigious galleries, including the Museum psyche through the succeeding years. However, the Olympic Lausanne, Switzerland and Bourg-En Brasse artist has also executed works in other genres, such as Museum, France.","","Lot No. 86 ............................................................ BAIJU PARTHAN 1956 CAFFEINE - SENSE AND INFINITY 24 x 32 in (61 x 81.3 cm) Acrylic on canvas 1999 J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 Signed & Dated : Verso","Lot No. 87 ............................................ VIRAJ NAIK 1975 OPTIMUM 60 x 48 in (152.4 x 122 cm) Acrylic on canvas 2008 J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 Signed & Dated : Bottom Left","Lot No. 88 Lot No. 89 ........................................................................................... .................................................................... PRAJJWAL CHOUDHURY SURENDRAN NAIR 1980 1956 BACK TO THE BEGINNING STUDY FOR \u2018SUFFRAGE : A FOUNTAIN SCULPUTRE ON THE 48 x 60 in (122 x 152.4 cm) ROAD TO LUMBINI\u2019 - EPIPHANY (CUCKOONEBULOPOLIS) Offset print on custom made matchboxes 63 x 44 in (160 x 111.8 cm) 2013 Watercolour on paper 2006 J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 J 4,00,000 \u2013 5,00,000 | $ 5,063 \u2013 6,329 Signed & Dated : Verso Signed & Dated : Bottom Right This lot will be offered without a reserve. Exhibited : 'Gallery Collection' at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 25th March - 9th April, 2010.","","","FALL OF THE JADE KINGDOM II PARADISE LOST II BY RAQIB SHAW","","COMPARABLE Artworks by RAQIB SHAW sold in past auctions GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS III (TRIPTYCH) ARRIVAL OF THE HORSE KING FROM 120 x 60 in (305 x 152.5 cm) THE SERIES PARADISE LOST 107.8 in diameter (273.7 cm) Mixed media, glitter, enamel, rhinestones, acrylic onboard 2003 Oil, acrylic, enamel, glitter, rhinestones on birch plywood 2011 \/ 12 Sold, $ 5,520,465 Sold, $ 1,138,443 ABSENCE OF GOD III..AND HIS TEARS OF BLOOD GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS XIV WILL DROWN THE CITIES OF MEN II 56 in diameter (142 cm) 59.8 in diameter (152 cm) Mixed media, acrylic, glitter, enamel, Mixed media (acrylic, glitter, enamel, rhinestone) rhinestones on board, 2005 on fine portrait linen, 2008 Sold, $ 904,031 Sold, $ 891,286","Lot No. 90 .................................................. RAQIB SHAW 1974 FALL OF THE JADE KINGDOM II - PARADISE LOST II 36 x 60 in (91.5 x 152.4 cm) Oil, acrylic, glitter, enamel & rhinestones on birchwood 2014 J 1,50,00,000 \u2013 2,00,00,000 | $ 189,873 \u2013 253,165 Signed & Dated : Verso The presented lot is a glorious example from Raqib Shaw\u2019s ambitious series Paradise Lost. Titled \\\"Fall of the Jade Kingdom II - Paradise Lost II, the work was executed in 2014 with oil, acrylic, glitter, enamel and rhinestones on birchwood. The series takes its name from John Milton\u2019s epic poem Paradise Lost, based on the biblical story of the Fall of Man. In an unique synthesis of Indian miniature and the ethos of western classical art, the opulent paintings of the Paradise Lost Series depict cross-cultural fantastical worlds drawn from the artist\u2019s multifarious influences, ranging from mythology and religion to poetry, literature, art history, textiles and decorative arts, from both eastern and western traditions. Set amidst idyllic skies and classical ruins, these paradisiacal images are inhabited by beastly anthropomorphic creatures engaged in animated scenes suffused with hedonism, violence and debauchery. The artist takes a meticulous approach to executing these extraordinary creations that open up the world of the artist\u2019s imagination to the audience. With a deft tackling of varied mediums of metallic enamel paints, gems, glitter and rhinestone, the labour-intensive process also includes using a porcupine quill to apply these enamel paints on different surfaces, a technique similar to \u2018cloisonn\u00e9\u2019 used in early Asian pottery to decorate metalwork and ceramics. Born in 1974 in Calcutta, Raqib Shaw spent his childhood in Kashmir. His family relocated to New Delhi in 1992 after the political unrest in the region. The artist first began working in the family business, which dealt with exquisite objects such as selling jewellery, antiques, carpets and fabrics. While on a business trip to London in 1993, Shaw visited the National Gallery of Art. The visit had a profound impact on him and five years later, in 1998, he moved to London and started studying at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. After he graduated with a master's degree in 2002, Shaw spent his early days as an artist showcasing his work in group exhibitions and working from a studio in Hackney Wick, London. His talents were recognised by the co-director of the Victoria Miro gallery, Glenn Scott Wright, during one of these shows. In 2004, Shaw\u2019s first solo exhibition was held at the gallery. Titled \u2018Garden of Earthly Delights,\u2019 the exhibition presented works inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch.","","Lot No. 91 ........................................................................................... SURYAKANT LOKHANDE 1969 HOLE IN THE HEART - 2 18 x 18 in (45.7 x 45.7 cm) High gloss oil on canvas with artist made wooden frame J 50,000 \u2013 70,000 | $ 633 \u2013 886 Signed : Verso This lot will be offered without a reserve.","Lot No. 92 ............................................................ BAIJU PARTHAN 1956 THE WAY 42.5 x 27.5 in (108 x 70 cm) | Acrylic on canvas | 1994 J 3,00,000 \u2013 4,00,000 | $ 3,797 \u2013 5,063 Signed & Dated : Top Right","Lot No. 93 .......................................... L N TALLUR 1971 UNTITLED 59.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 in (151 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm) Iron J 5,00,000 \u2013 6,00,000 | $ 6,329 \u2013 7,595","Lot No. 94 ............................................................................ RAHUL CHOUDHURY 1972 BURNING DESIRE - ILLUSION 23 50 x 40 in (127 x 101.6 cm) Oil on canvas 2006 J 3,00,000 \u2013 4,00,000 | $ 3,797 \u2013 5,063 Signed & Dated : Verso This lot will be offered without a reserve.","Lot No. 95 ......................................................... T V SANTHOSH 1968 A STONE THROW AWAY III 53 x 71 in (134.6 x 180.3 cm) Oil on canvas 2005 J 10,00,000 \u2013 15,00,000 | $ 12,658 \u2013 18,987 Signed & Dated : Verso Exhibited : \u2018India Xianzai\u2019 at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, July, 2009. Published : \u2018India Xianzai\u2019 by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, 2009, pg. 130-131. T V Santhosh\u2019s practice revolves around real time experiences and incidents. He creates an image out of sheer translucent borders highlighting the figure, hereby elaborating and creating visual depth to translate his final thought. With a fundamental element of photo-realism he also aspires and successfully imparts his creations with a hint of lightning almost presenting the moment of capturing the image rather than laying out the developed image. T V Santhosh received his Bachelor\u2019s degree in Sculpture from Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, and his Master\u2019s degree in Sculpture from M.S. University\u2019s Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. T V Santhosh held his first solo show titled \u2018One Hand Clapping\/Siren\u2019 at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in 2003. The artist has been a recipient of the Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi State Award and the Kanoria Scholarship. Cover of the publication with the work illustrated","","Lot No. 96 ......................................................................................... RAMAKRISHNA BEHERA 1977 PIKILLAQTA 76 x 65.7 in (193 x 167 cm) Oil on linen 2018 J 2,50,000 \u2013 3,50,000 | $ 3,165 \u2013 4,430 \u2018Kinematics' Ramakrishna Behera solo show at Nature Morte, New Delhi. The presented lot on exhibit at Nature Morte, New Delhi.","Lot No. 97 ............................................................................. RAM BALI CHAUHAN 1976 HUNTER GIRL 72 x 48 in (183 x 122 cm) | Acrylic on canvas | 2019 J 50,000 \u2013 70,000 | $ 633 \u2013 886 Signed & Dated : Bottom Right This lot will be offered without a reserve.","Lot No. 98 .................................................................... HEMA UPADHYAY 1972 - 2015 YOURS SINCERELY 72 x 48 in (183 x 122 cm) Gouache, acrylic, dry pastel & photographs on paper 2008 - 2009 J 3,00,000 \u2013 4,00,000 | $ 3,797 \u2013 5,063 Signed & Dated : Verso","Lot No. 99 ......................................................... PRAFULL SINGH 1976 SEEKER 61 x 26 x 28 in (155 x 66 x 71 cm) Resin with light J 1,00,000 \u2013 2,00,000 | $ 1,266 \u2013 2,532","","","View 1 View 2","View 3 Lot No. 100 ........................................................... SUBODH GUPTA 1964 TBD 36 x 57.5 x 53.5 in (91.4 x 146 x 136 cm) Stainless steel 2015 J 55,00,000 \u2013 65,00,000 | $ 69,620 \u2013 82,278 Illustrated are three views of the sculpture.","Lot No. 101 ....................................................................... JAGDISH CHANDER 1954 VISAGE 48 x 35 in (122 x 89 cm) Oil on canvas 2003 J 1,00,000 \u2013 2,00,000 | $ 1,266 \u2013 2,532 Signed & Dated : Bottom Right","Lot No. 102 ...................................................................................... SUDHIR PATWARDHAN 1949 COUPLE 22.5 x 22.5 in (57.2 x 57.2 cm) Acrylic on paper 2009 J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 Signed & Dated : Bottom Right Exhibited : \u2018Family Fiction : An exhibition of recent work by Sudhir Patwardhan\u2019 at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 7th - 26th January, 2011.","Lot No. 103 .................................................................................................... JAGANNATH MOHAPATRA 1969 BRIDGE IN BETWEEN VILLAGE AND CITY 72 x 48 in (183 x 122 cm) Oil on canvas J 2,00,000 \u2013 3,00,000 | $ 2,532 \u2013 3,797 Signed : Verso This lot will be offered without a reserve.","Lot No. 104 ................................................................................ BARUN CHOWDHURY 1971 WHO WILL BELL ME ? 48 x 36 in (122 x 91.4 cm) Acrylic on canvas 2017 J 1,00,000 \u2013 2,00,000 | $ 1,266 \u2013 2,532 Signed & Dated : Verso","","CHROMATOPHOBIA - 2010 BY L N TALLUR An international contemporary artist of Indian origin, L N Tallur was born in a small village called Koteswara and studied art at various institutions. His works reflect a mix of various themes ranging from the rural influences he had while growing up and those that he was exposed to and acquired while traversing across the globe. In 1996, he received his Bachelor\u2019s degree in painting from the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) at Mysore University, and then followed it with a Master\u2019s degree in museology from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1998. In 1999, he was awarded a scholarship from Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK, to complete another Master\u2019s degree in Contemporary Fine Art Practice. During his time in London, he explored different mediums and styles including material manipulation and executing his works on a large scale. Not only has L N Tallur\u2019s works have been exhibited all over the world. The artist has also been a recipient of multiple prestigious awards.","Lot No. 105 .......................................... L N TALLUR 1971 CHROMATOPHOBIA 197 x 79 x 118 in (500 x 201 x 300 cm) Wood, two granite sculptures & nailed coins 2010 J 25,00,000 \u2013 30,00,000 | $ 31,646 \u2013 37,975 Exhibited : \u2018Sculpture Park\u2019 at Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The presented lot on exhibit at Sculpture Park Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan. COMPARABLE Artwork by L N TALLUR sold in past auction INTOLERANCE (ED : UNIQUE) 56 x 28 x 21 in (142.2 x 71 x 53.3 cm) Stone, 2015 AstaGuru 2021, $ 50,325","","Lot No. 106 ........................................................................................ RANBIR SINGH KALEKA 1953 MATERNAL INSTINCT 36 x 42 in (91.4 x 106.7 cm) Oil & linen on canvas 2018 J 9,00,000 \u2013 10,00,000 | $ 11,392 \u2013 12,658 Signed & Dated : Verso"]