GANESH PYNE (1937–2013) WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER THE TIMEKEEPER AND THE BIRD

THIS WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER BY GANESH PYNE (1937–2013) PRESENTS A SYMBOLIC AND POETIC SCENE RICH WITH METAPHOR AND QUIET TENSION. A MASK-LIKE FIGURE, RENDERED IN PYNE’S CHARACTERISTIC LINEAR STYLE, IS SHOWN IN PROFILE HOLDING A CLOCK OR DRUM-LIKE FORM, SUGGESTING THEMES OF TIME, MEMORY, AND MORTALITY. PERCHED OPPOSITE IS A BIRD WITH A HUMAN HEAD, AN IMAGERY THAT EVOKES MYTH, TRANSFORMATION, AND THE DUALITY BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL REALMS. THE MUTED PALETTE OF OCHRES, GREYS, AND SOFT BROWNS CREATES A SOMBRE, CONTEMPLATIVE ATMOSPHERE, WHILE THE TRANSPARENT WASHES ENHANCE THE DREAMLIKE QUALITY OF THE COMPOSITION. THE WORK EXEMPLIFIES PYNE’S DISTINCTIVE VISUAL LANGUAGE, WHERE FABLE, EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY, AND INTROSPECTION CONVERGE INTO A HAUNTING AND TIMELESS IMAGERY.

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.