Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from the Private Collection of Marie Petitclerc, Montreal
Manjit Bawa
Untitled (Krishna Eating a Banana)
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March 18, 06:39 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from the Private Collection of Marie Petitclerc, Montreal
Manjit Bawa
1941 - 2008
Untitled (Krishna Eating a Banana)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 'Manjit. 84.' and inscribed in Devanagari on reverse
21 ½ x 19 ½ in. (54.6 x 49.5 cm.)
Painted in 1984
Acquired directly from the artist in Delhi, 1984 by Marie Petitclerc and Guy Demers
Guy Demers was stationed in Delhi from the spring of 1983 to 1984 for an architectural project. Guy worked with GSM Design, Montreal’s first interdisciplinary design firm who were responsible for the interior design and architecture of Bharat Hotels Limited in tandem with ARCOP. Marie joined him in September of 1983 and together they explored the cultural fabric of the historic city, befriending many artists and literati including Arpana Caur and Manjit Bawa, amongst others.
G. Sen, Image and Imagination: Five Contemporary Artists in India, Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, 1996, illustration p. 90