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Zarina
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- Zarina
- Untitled (Pin Drawing)
- Signed and dated 'Zarina 78' lower right
- Paper pierced with sewing needle
- 25⅝ x 19½ in. (65.1 x 49.5 cm.)
- Executed in 1978
Provenance
Acquired from Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Condition
This work is in excellent condition as viewed. It has not been inspected outside its frame.
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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
Zarina is known for her astute use of minimalism to represent the complexity of her main artistic concerns - displacement and belonging. While incorporating the traditional mapping of space, Zarina also maps various moments in time. Her family’s upheaval during the Partition of India raised new questions about her associations with numerous places and the meaning of the word ‘home’.
Her body of work uses lines not only to demarcate boundaries but also to mark routes and passages. These lines demonstrate both the strength and fragility of division. Adopting Zen philosophy in her aesthetic, Hashmi's spatial compositions have a transitional and liminal quality, imparting the viewer with a sense of meditative spirituality.
Throughout her artistic career, she has shown versatility with a wide range of mediums. Primarily a print maker, her mature works such as this lot present interventions on paper. Here, by piercing white sheets with a sewing needle, she has emphasized the sculptural sensibility that underlies her original practice and passion for paper as a medium; she creates a textured surface that invites the viewer for intimate contemplation. The affiliation with paper stems from her zeal for literary tradition by means of Eastern poetry and calligraphy that inspire her.
Her unique and carefully considered approach has gained her international recognition and in 2012 she was honored with a retrospective at the at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles which then traveled to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and The Art Institute of Chicago the following year. Her work is currently being shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York as part of Workshop and Legacy: Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, Zarina Hashmi. This exhibition highlights the work of these three extraordinary print masters and explores the workshop model of Atelier- 17, the legendary Parisian printmaking studio set up by Hayter and where Zarina and Reddy practiced and evolved their own unique styles and techniques.
Her body of work uses lines not only to demarcate boundaries but also to mark routes and passages. These lines demonstrate both the strength and fragility of division. Adopting Zen philosophy in her aesthetic, Hashmi's spatial compositions have a transitional and liminal quality, imparting the viewer with a sense of meditative spirituality.
Throughout her artistic career, she has shown versatility with a wide range of mediums. Primarily a print maker, her mature works such as this lot present interventions on paper. Here, by piercing white sheets with a sewing needle, she has emphasized the sculptural sensibility that underlies her original practice and passion for paper as a medium; she creates a textured surface that invites the viewer for intimate contemplation. The affiliation with paper stems from her zeal for literary tradition by means of Eastern poetry and calligraphy that inspire her.
Her unique and carefully considered approach has gained her international recognition and in 2012 she was honored with a retrospective at the at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles which then traveled to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and The Art Institute of Chicago the following year. Her work is currently being shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York as part of Workshop and Legacy: Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, Zarina Hashmi. This exhibition highlights the work of these three extraordinary print masters and explores the workshop model of Atelier- 17, the legendary Parisian printmaking studio set up by Hayter and where Zarina and Reddy practiced and evolved their own unique styles and techniques.