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Rameshwar Broota (b.1941)
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description
- Rameshwar Broota
- Projections
- Signed and dated 'R Broota / RAMESHWAR BROOTA, 1976 / Oil on canvas' on reverse
- Oil on canvas
- 176.5 by 123.7 cm. (69 1/2 by 48 3/4 in.)
- Painted in 1976
Condition
Paint shrinkage throughout, particularly visible in areas of blue and green, varnished.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Since the beginning of his career, Rameshwar Broota has scrutinized the human condition. His early paintings from the 1960s depicted Delhi's itinerant laborers, despairing men who left their villages for the capital, in hopes of achieving a daily wage.
By the late 1970s, his figures became anthropomorphised apes, including the current work from his Ape Series (1976-80) – satirical paintings which reveal the artist's obsession with the delicate balance between man's fragile morality and violent simian nature.