Framed
All The Indian Art From Masterpiece London
Text by Huzan Tata. Images courtesy DAG Modern and Masterpiece London.
S K Bakre
Mask
White metal, 1958
20.5 x 11.0 x 3.5 in. / 52.1 x 28.0 x 8.9 cm.
Verso: Dated, titled and signed in English ‘1958 /
Mask / S. K. Bakre’
Published: Singh, Kishore, ed., India Modern, Narratives From
20th Century Indian Art (New Delhi: DAG Modern, 2015),
Radha Charan Bagchi
Untitled (Shakuntala’s life story). Gouache and tempera on silk, circa 1961. 77.0 x 39.0 in. / 195.6 x 99.1 cm.
Avinash Chandra
Stars Above, Stars Below.
Oil on canvas, 1962/
80.2 x 54.0 in. / 203.7 x 137.2 cm.
Signed and dated in English (lower right) ‘Avinash / 62’.
Verso: Signed, dated, titled and inscribed in English ‘Avinash.
Chandra / Aug 1962 / Stars Above Stars Below / 62” x 42” /.
43.Wessex Gardens / London NW II’.
M F Husain
Queen. Oil on ply board, c. 1962. 14.0 x 10.0 in. / 35.6 x 25.4 cm.
Hemen Mazumdar
Untitled (Manas Kamal). Oil on canvas. 48.1 x 24.0 in. / 122.2 x 61 cm.
G. R. Santosh
Untitled. Acrylic on canvas. 60.0 x 60.0 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.
F. N. Souza
Untitled (A Still-Life of Kitchen Implements and a Chicken on a Table). Oil on canvas, 1962. 41.2 x 34.0 in. / 104.6 x 86.4 cm.
S H Raza
Bharatiya Samaroh. Acrylic on canvas, 1988. 59.1 x 59.1 in. / 150.0 x 150.0 cm. Titled in Hindi (upper left) ‘Bharatiya Samaroh’.
Talk about art and antiques, and India can’t be ignored. The British capital’s leading art, antiques and design fair, Masterpiece London, has on display several Indian artworks by our most-renowned contemporary artists. Including canvases from creative geniuses ranging from Hemen Majumdar, Rabindranath Tagore and F N Souza to G.R. Santosh and Avinash Chandra, DAG Modern introduces British patrons to India’s best brush wielders of the 20th century.
For the complete schedule, visit www.masterpiecefair.com.
Masterpiece London is on display at South Grounds, The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London until July 6, 2016.