SATISH GUJRAL (INDIA, 1925–2020), 2000 UNTITLED (FIGURE WITH FISH)

THIS ELEGANT LINEAR COMPOSITION DEPICTS A SEATED FIGURE ENGAGED WITH A CLUSTER OF FISH, RENDERED WITH ECONOMY OF FORM AND REFINED DRAFTSMANSHIP. EXECUTED IN GUJRAL’S DISTINCTIVE MODERNIST VOCABULARY, THE WORK EMPHASISES FLUID CONTOURS, SIMPLIFIED VOLUMES, AND A QUIET RHYTHMIC BALANCE BETWEEN FIGURE AND OBJECT. THE FISH, ARRANGED IN A COMPACT, ALMOST SCULPTURAL GROUP, INTRODUCE A SYMBOLIC AND NARRATIVE ELEMENT, OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH SUSTENANCE, ABUNDANCE, AND THE EVERYDAY. THE RESTRAINED MONOCHROMATIC PALETTE AND SUBTLE SHADING DRAW ATTENTION TO THE EXPRESSIVE POSE AND INTERPLAY OF GESTURE. THIS WORK EXEMPLIFIES GUJRAL’S ABILITY TO MERGE CLASSICAL INDIAN SENSIBILITY WITH MODERNIST SIMPLICITY, RESULTING IN A COMPOSITION THAT IS BOTH CONTEMPLATIVE AND TIMELESS.

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.