SAWLARAM LAKSHMAN HALDANKAR (1882–1968) WATERCOLOUR ON CARDBOARD/PAPER CHURCH AT DUSK 1954

THIS WATERCOLOUR ON CARDBOARD/PAPER BY SAWLARAM LAKSHMAN HALDANKAR (1882–1968), DATED 1954, DEPICTS A CHURCH STRUCTURE RENDERED WITH FLUID, EXPRESSIVE BRUSHSTROKES AND A SUBTLE PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW. THE ARCHITECTURAL FORMS—TOWERS, DOMES, AND CROSSES—ARE SIMPLIFIED YET EVOCATIVE, RISING SOFTLY FROM A BASE OF LOOSELY SUGGESTED FOLIAGE. A MUTED PALETTE OF BLUES, GREYS, AND WARM EARTH TONES CREATES A TRANQUIL, ATMOSPHERIC MOOD, SUGGESTING THE QUIET HOURS OF DUSK. THE TRANSPARENT WASHES AND ECONOMY OF LINE EXEMPLIFY HALDANKAR’S MASTERY OF WATERCOLOUR, WHERE STRUCTURE AND SPONTANEITY COEXIST. THE WORK REFLECTS THE ARTIST’S SENSITIVE OBSERVATION OF ARCHITECTURE AND HIS ABILITY TO INFUSE SCENE WITH POETIC RESTRAINT AND LUMINOUS CALM.

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.