SAKTI BURMAN (B. 1935)UNTITLEDSIGNED ‘SAKTI BURMAN’ (UPPER RIGHT)MEDIUM: PEN AND INK ON PAPERSIZE: 5.25 X 3.5 INCHES

THIS INTIMATE PEN-AND-INK DRAWING BY SAKTI BURMAN PRESENTS A SIMPLIFIED FIGURATIVE FORM RENDERED WITH ECONOMY AND GRACE. THE FLUID LINE WORK AND NAÏVE EXPRESSIVENESS ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ARTIST’S DISTINCT VISUAL LANGUAGE, WHICH BLENDS MYTHOLOGY, MEMORY, AND POETIC IMAGINATION. THE FIGURE’S FRONTAL POSE AND SYMBOLIC ORNAMENTATION SUGGEST A TIMELESS, ALMOST ICONIC PRESENCE.

SAKTI BURMAN IS ONE OF INDIA’S MOST CELEBRATED CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, RENOWNED FOR HIS LYRICAL AND DREAMLIKE FIGURATIONS THAT DRAW UPON INDIAN MYTHS, EUROPEAN MODERNISM, AND PERSONAL NARRATIVE. HIS WORKS ON PAPER, PARTICULARLY SMALL-SCALE DRAWINGS SUCH AS THIS, OFFER A DIRECT INSIGHT INTO HIS DRAFTSMANSHIP AND CREATIVE PROCESS AND ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS.

WORKS BY SAKTI BURMAN ARE HELD IN MAJOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE AND REGULARLY FEATURE IN PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS, WHERE THEY ARE VALUED FOR THEIR INTIMACY, ICONOGRAPHIC RICHNESS, AND ENDURING ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE.

THESE WORKS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, MUCH LIKE THOSE BY RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS M.F. HUSAIN, S.H. RAZA, F.N. SOUZA, AKBAR PADAMSEE, HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR, RAM KUMAR, JAMINI ROY, B. PRABHA, TYEB MEHTA, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD BY AUCTIONEERS TO COLLECTORS AROUND THE GLOBE

THIS EXCLUSIVE FINE ART COLLECTIBLE REPRESENTS A CURATED SELECTION SPANNING 18TH CENTURY ART, 19TH CENTURY ART, 20TH CENTURY ART, AND CONTEMPORARY 21ST CENTURY ART. EACH PIECE REFLECTS HERITAGE AND MODERN INFLUENCES, FROM WATERCOLOR PAINTING, OIL ON CANVAS, ACRYLIC, AND MIXED MEDIA TO INDIAN PAINTING, ASIAN ART, AND CULTURAL ART COLLECTABLES. PERFECT FOR LUXURY HOME INTERIORS, GALLERIES, AND AUCTION HOUSES, THESE ORIGINAL WORKS STAND AS RARE, INVESTMENT-QUALITY ART FOR COLLECTORS AND DESIGN ENTHUSIASTS

ACQUIRED FROM SAFFRON ART. PRIVATE COLLECTION, MUMBAI THENCE PRIVATE COLLECTION, LONDON.