Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
KRISHNA REDDY | Demonstrators
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June 10, 02:40 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
KRISHNA REDDY
1925 - 2018
Demonstrators
Etching with aquatint and carborundum
Editioned 'Imp. par l'artiste' lower left, titled '"Demonstrators"' lower centre and signed 'N. Krishna Reddy' lower right
Image: 34.7 x 44.2 cm. (13 ⅝ x 17 ⅜ in.)
Folio: 49.5 x 58 cm. (19 ½ x 22 ⅞ in.)
Executed in 1968
Acquired from a local auction house, France, circa 2009
Exhibition catalogue, Krishna Reddy: A Retrospective, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1981, illustration p. 39 (another from the edition)
New York, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Krishna Reddy: A Retrospective, 5 November 1981 - 28 February 1982 (another from the edition)
"The upheavals during the revolution in Paris of 1968, the crowds of people marching, gathering and talking influenced this work. This was the first time I completely carved to the very depth of the metal using mechanical and stone grinders, as if I was carving stone in the round. To increase the feeling of depth I used the reverse process of printing colours by superimposing them." (K. Reddy quoted in Exhibition catalogue, Krishna Reddy: A Retrospective, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 1981, p. 70)