A. A. ALMELKAR (INDIA, 1920–1982) WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER TWO WOMEN IN AN INTERIOR 1978

THIS CHARMING COMPOSITION PORTRAYS TWO SEATED FEMALE FIGURES ENGAGED IN A QUIET, INTIMATE MOMENT WITHIN A DOMESTIC INTERIOR. RENDERED IN ALMELKAR’S DISTINCTIVE MODERNIST STYLE, THE FIGURES ARE CHARACTERISED BY ELONGATED FEATURES, EXPRESSIVE EYES, AND GRACEFUL POSTURES. ADORNED IN ORNATE TRADITIONAL ATTIRE AND JEWELLERY, THE WOMEN EMBODY A SENSE OF EVERYDAY ELEGANCE AND CULTURAL CONTINUITY. THE FLATTENED PERSPECTIVE, DECORATIVE PATTERNING, AND WARM EARTH TONES, OFFSET BY TURQUOISE AND WHITE, CREATE A HARMONIOUS AND RHYTHMIC COMPOSITION. THE PRESENCE OF HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS FURTHER ANCHORS THE SCENE IN ORDINARY LIFE, WHILE ELEVATING IT INTO A POETIC AND TIMELESS VISUAL NARRATIVE, EXEMPLIFYING ALMELKAR’S SYNTHESIS OF FOLK TRADITIONS AND MODERN ARTISTIC SENSIBILITY.

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.