KATTINGERI KRISHNA HEBBAR (1911-1996) SKETCHE, PENCIL ON PAPER

Length x Width of each: 40 x 33.5cm

A DELICATE AND INTIMATE PENCIL SKETCH DEPICTING A FEMALE FIGURE IN THREE-QUARTER PROFILE, WITH HER HEAD SLIGHTLY TILTED AND HER GAZE TURNED DOWNWARD. EXECUTED WITH FINE, RESTRAINED LINEWORK, THE WORK CAPTURES THE SUBTLE CONTOURS OF THE FACE, NECK AND SHOULDERS, WHILE THE LIGHTLY SKETCHED HAIR AND FACIAL FEATURES ADD A SENSE OF GRACE AND TRANQUILLITY. HEBBAR’S ECONOMICAL USE OF LINE AND GENTLE TONAL VARIATION CREATES AN ELEGANT, SENSITIVE STUDY THAT REFLECTS HIS MASTERY OF FIGURATIVE DRAWING.

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