Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924-2001) - Untitled, c. 1962

Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1924-2001) | Indian Untitled, c. 1962 Ink on Paper Signed: Signed in Devanagari (lower right). Dimensions: Artwork: 37 × 53 cm | 14.6 × 20.9 in Provenance: Gallery 63, New York, acquired in the 1960s; thence by descent. Acquired from the above in 2018. Private Collection, Spain. Condition: Ink and wash on wove paper, the sheet loose and unframed. Even light toning of the paper, a short tear at the right edge, minor handling creases and a few small spots of foxing; on the reverse a small remnant of an old mount with adhesive residue. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request. Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions are governed by our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. -- A drift of black marks crosses the sheet from edge to edge like a line of script that has come loose from its meaning: hooked strokes of the pen, spatters, hair-thin trails and blots of ink that have bled into the wet paper and feathered at their rims. Around and beneath them lie pale washes of grey, laid in horizontal bands and left to pool and dry, so that the calligraphy seems to hang over water or mist, with a darker ridge at the upper right from which small plant-like forms rise. The drawing belongs with the black-and-white ink works that Vasudeo S. Gaitonde made in the early 1960s, when the painter of the Bombay Progressives, drawn to Zen and to East Asian calligraphy, gave up the last traces of the figure for what he called the non-objective. In these sheets he worked with ink, wash and chance much as he would work with the roller and palette knife on canvas, and they were among the pictures that introduced him to America: he showed in New York in 1963, spent 1964–65 there on a Rockefeller Fellowship and had a solo exhibition in the city in 1965. According to its provenance this sheet was bought in New York in those years. It is signed in Devanagari, as his works on paper of the period are.

Estimation:15.000€

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