B. PRABHA (1933–2001) UNTITLED (ABSTRACTED VILLAGE LANDSCAPE)

A RARE AND EVOCATIVE COMPOSITION BY B. PRABHA, THIS WORK PRESENTS A STYLISED RURAL SETTLEMENT RENDERED IN HER DISTINCTIVE, MINIMALIST IDIOM. SIMPLIFIED ARCHITECTURAL FORMS WITH ELONGATED PROPORTIONS RISE QUIETLY AGAINST A SOFT, MUTED BACKGROUND, THEIR DARK, ANGULAR ROOFS CONTRASTING WITH SUBTLE EARTH AND PASTEL TONES. THE RESTRAINED PALETTE AND SPARSE DETAIL CREATE A CONTEMPLATIVE MOOD, IMBUING THE SCENE WITH A SENSE OF STILLNESS AND TIMELESS RURAL EXISTENCE. CHARACTERISTIC OF PRABHA’S MATURE PRACTICE, THE PAINTING DISTILS THE ESSENCE OF VILLAGE LIFE INTO POETIC, NEAR-ABSTRACT FORMS, MAKING IT A SIGNIFICANT AND COLLECTIBLE EXAMPLE OF HER MODERN INDIAN AESTHETIC.

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

ACCOMPANIED BY A SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY SUNIL N. BADGELWAR, DATED 2 NOVEMBER 2006.