V. A. SAPKAR (INDIAN SCHOOL, ACTIVE LATE 20TH CENTURY)

TO THE UNKNOWN (PORTRAIT WITH HANDS AND TEXT OVERLAY), 1991
MULTI-COLOR SERIGRAPH (SCREENPRINT) ON PAPER, EDITION 5/12
SIGNED AND DATED 'V A SAPKAR 91' IN GRAPHITE ALONG THE LOWER-LEFT MARGIN
22 X 15 INCHES (55.9 X 38.1 CM)

EXECUTED IN 1991, THIS MULTI-COLOR SERIGRAPH IS AN EVOCATIVE EXAMPLE OF LATE 20TH-CENTURY INDIAN PRINTMAKING, TITLED TO THE UNKNOWN. THE COMPOSITION LAYERS A HUMAN PORTRAIT WITH EXPRESSIVE HANDS AND A SCREENPRINTED TEXT OVERLAY, CREATING A CONTEMPLATIVE INTERPLAY BETWEEN IMAGE AND WORD.

BUILT UP THROUGH SUCCESSIVE PASSES OF COLOR, THE SCREENPRINT PROCESS GIVES THE WORK ITS FLAT, SATURATED FIELDS AND CRISP GRAPHIC CLARITY, WHILE THE SUPERIMPOSED TEXT ADDS A CONCEPTUAL, POETIC DIMENSION TO THE FIGURATIVE SUBJECT.

THIS IMPRESSION IS NUMBERED 5/12 AND IS SIGNED AND DATED 'V A SAPKAR 91' IN GRAPHITE ALONG THE LOWER-LEFT MARGIN.