MANJIT BAWA (1941 - 2008) PENCIL ON PAPER NTITLED (FLYING FIGURE WITH FRUIT) 1981 SIZE 11 x 9 IN.

A RARE AND DELICATE PENCIL DRAWING BY MANJIT BAWA, DATED 1981, DEPICTING A STYLIZED, FLOATING HUMAN FIGURE RENDERED IN HIS CHARACTERISTIC FLUID AND MINIMALIST LINE. THE ETHEREAL FORM, OUTLINED WITH SOFT, RHYTHMIC HATCHING, APPEARS SUSPENDED IN MOTION WHILE HOLDING A CLUSTER OF FRUIT, SUGGESTING THEMES OF ABUNDANCE, MYTH, AND TRANSCENDENCE.

THE SIMPLICITY OF THE COMPOSITION HIGHLIGHTS BAWA’S MASTERY OF CONTOUR AND NEGATIVE SPACE, REFLECTING HIS DISTINCT VISUAL LANGUAGE ROOTED IN INDIAN MINIATURE TRADITIONS YET INFUSED WITH MODERNIST SENSIBILITY. THE WORK EXEMPLIFIES HIS ABILITY TO CONVEY MOVEMENT AND SPIRITUAL POETRY THROUGH ECONOMY OF LINE.

SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT: “MANJIT ’81.”