LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

55.00 in. (139.70 cm.) (height) by 40.00 in. (101.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'V.S. GAITONDE / 96', signed Hindi and dated '96' and bearing CIMA label (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

London, Whiteleys Art Gallery, Chamatkara: Myth and Magic in Indian Art, Collection from the Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Calcutta, October 28 – November 15, 1996 New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, Colours of Independence, 7-28 September, 1997 Kolkata, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Multimedia, Art of the 90's, 20 November - 20 December, 1998 Kolkata, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Shatabdi: Reflections on a Century Past, January 5–23, 2000 Mumbai, Jehangir Art Gallery, Shatabdi: Reflections on a Century Past, 30 March – 6 April, 2000 Kolkata, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Freedom 2008: Sixty Years after Indian Independence, 18 January – 16 February, 2008 Kolkata, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Adbhutam — Rasa in Indian Art, 2011 Kolkata, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), TRANSITION: 20th Anniversary Exhibition, 13 December 2013 – 25 January 2014

Literature:

Colours of Independence, exhibition brochure, Kolkata, 1997 (illustrated, unpaginated) Multimedia, Art of the 90's, exhibition catalogue, Kolkata, 1998 (illustrated, unpaginated) Shatabdi: Reflections on a Century Past, exhibition catalogue, Kolkata, 2000 (listed, unpaginated) Freedom 2008: Sixty Years after Indian Independence, exhibition catalogue, Kolkata, 2007, p. 12 (illustrated) Adbhutam — Rasa in Indian Art, exhibition catalogue, Kolkata, 2011, p. 87 (illustrated) TRANSITION: 20th Anniversary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Kolkata, 2013 (illustrated, unpaginated)

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist, 1997 Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata Acquired from the above by the present owner