Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from a Private Collector, Germany
K. Laxma Goud
Untitled (Girl with Goat)
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October 26, 03:08 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Property from a Private Collector, Germany
K. Laxma Goud
b. 1940
Untitled (Girl with Goat)
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Signed and dated in Telugu centre right
35.6 x 27.9 cm. (14 x 11 in.)
Painted in 1996
Acquired from Aurodhan art gallery, Jamshedpur, 1999
The goat is one of the mainstays of K. Laxma Goud’s art. Goud's family raised both goats and buffaloes; animals which served as the artist’s earliest inspirations and subjects. These goats are not just symbols of rural India. In Goud's words, "No one cares for a goat except perhaps for the artist who sees in the creature the dogged determination of a people who have learnt to live off their landscape by foraging for what they can get out of it.’ (G. Doctor, Manifestations, Delhi Art Gallery, New York, 2005)