SUNIL DAS (1939-2015)BULLACRYLIC ON CANVASSIGNED AND DATED UPPER LEFT48 X 46 INCHES

A POWERFUL AND DRAMATIC STUDY BY SUNIL DAS, THE CELEBRATED INDIAN MODERNIST RENOWNED FOR HIS MONUMENTAL BULLS AND HORSES, IN WHICH A BLACK BULL WITH SWEEPING HORNS AND A LASHING TAIL CHARGES FORWARD, ITS HEAD LOWERED AND ITS MUSCULAR BODY TENSED WITH ENERGY. THE ANIMAL IS RENDERED IN BOLD, GESTURAL STROKES OF BLACK AND WHITE, WITH A BANDERILLA-LIKE SPEAR PIERCING ITS SHOULDER, ADDING A SENSE OF CONFLICT AND DRAMA TO THE SCENE. THE SATURATED RED BACKGROUND, BRUSHED WITH SWEEPS OF CRIMSON AND VERMILION AND BREAKING INTO A MIST OF WHITE AT THE RIGHT EDGE, HEIGHTENS THE INTENSITY AND MOVEMENT OF THE COMPOSITION. THE WORK REFLECTS DAS’S LIFELONG FASCINATION WITH THE STRENGTH AND SPIRIT OF THE BULL, EXPRESSED THROUGH FLUID, CONFIDENT LINE AND A STRIKING CONTRAST OF DARK AND LIGHT.

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