SUNIL DAS (1939–2015)“BULL”ACRYLIC ON CANVASCREATION YEAR: 2004SIZE: 48 X 46 INCHES

AN IMPORTANT WORK BY SUNIL DAS, ONE OF INDIA’S MOST POWERFUL AND EXPRESSIVE MODERN PAINTERS, RENOWNED FOR HIS ICONIC BULL SERIES. BORN IN 1939 AND PASSING IN 2015, DAS IS CELEBRATED FOR HIS RAW, GESTURAL STYLE AND HIS ABILITY TO CAPTURE PRIMAL ENERGY AND MOVEMENT ON CANVAS.

THIS PAINTING FEATURES A DRAMATIC, CHARGED REPRESENTATION OF A BULL SET AGAINST A VIBRANT RED GROUND. THE FORCEFUL BRUSHSTROKES, BOLD CONTRASTS, AND DYNAMIC COMPOSITION EXEMPLIFY DAS’S DISTINCTIVE VISUAL LANGUAGE, WHERE THE BULL EMERGES AS A SYMBOL OF POWER, DEFIANCE, AND UNTAMED VITALITY.

THE BULL MOTIF HOLDS A CENTRAL PLACE IN SUNIL DAS’S OEUVRE AND IS WIDELY REGARDED AS A METAPHOR FOR INNER STRENGTH AND EXISTENTIAL STRUGGLE. IN THIS WORK, THE FIGURE APPEARS BOTH CONTAINED AND EXPLOSIVE, CONVEYING TENSION AND ENERGY THROUGH ABBREVIATED FORM AND EXPRESSIVE LINE.

ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION ISSUED BY MRS. GITA DAS, WIFE OF THE LATE ARTIST THE CERTIFICATE DETAILS THE ARTIST NAME, TITLE, MEDIUM, SIZE, AND YEAR OF EXECUTION, PROVIDING STRONG PROVENANCE AND ASSURANCE OF AUTHENTICITY.

WORKS BY SUNIL DAS ARE HELD IN MAJOR MUSEUMS AND IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AT AUCTION. THIS PAINTING REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF HIS MATURE PERIOD AND STANDS AS A STRIKING AND COLLECTIBLE WORK OF MODERN INDIAN ART.

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.