The Surya Collection: Property from Mrs. Ute Rettberg
The Surya Collection: Property from Mrs. Ute Rettberg
Jyoti Bhatt
Devi
Lot Closed
May 31, 01:10 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Jyoti Bhatt
b. 1934
Devi
Intaglio print in colours
Signed, dated, titled and editioned 'Devi. A.P. 1970, Jyoti Bhatt' lower center
Artist's Proof
Image: 39.5 x 36 cm. (19 ½ x 14 ¼ in.) variable
Folio: 60.7 x 48.9 cm. (23 ⅞ x 19 ¼ in.)
Executed in 1970
Acquired from Kekoo Gandhy, Chemould Gallery, Bombay, circa 1971
Jyoti Bhatt studied painting under N. S. Bendre and K. G. Subramanyan in Baroda. Part of the Baroda School of artists as well as Group 1890, he has worked in a variety of media such as painting, photography, printmaking and collage. His colourful works combine a graphic sensibility with traditional folk design and have been collected by the Tate, London, Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Smithsonian, Washington amongst other institutions.