SUNIL DAS (INDIA, 1939–2015) CHARCOAL ON PAPER UNTITLED (BULL)

THIS POWERFUL CHARCOAL DRAWING DEPICTS A BULL IN A STATE OF TENSE ALERTNESS, CAPTURED WITH ECONOMY OF LINE AND RAW EXPRESSIVE FORCE. SUNIL DAS EMPLOYS BOLD, GESTURAL STROKES AND DEEP TONAL CONTRASTS TO CONVEY MUSCULAR ENERGY AND RESTRAINED AGGRESSION, HALLMARKS OF HIS ICONIC ANIMAL STUDIES. THE DISTORTED PROPORTIONS AND SCRATCHED SURFACE ENHANCE THE SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTENSITY, TRANSFORMING THE BULL INTO A SYMBOL OF PRIMAL POWER AND INNER TURMOIL. THE SPARSE BACKGROUND ALLOWS THE FIGURE TO DOMINATE THE COMPOSITION, EXEMPLIFYING DAS’S ABILITY TO INFUSE SIMPLE SUBJECTS WITH PROFOUND EMOTIONAL AND VISUAL IMPACT

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.