1 / 3
Photo 1/3 du lotPhoto 2/3 du lotPhoto 3/3 du lot
Premium MILLON

174 - Satish GUJRAL (Pakistan, 1925 - India, 2020) Untitled,1987 C…
See original version (French)

Estimate €1,000 - €2,000
Sale commission
Description
Satish GUJRAL (Pakistan, 1925 - India, 2020) Untitled,1987 Charcoal on paper 75 x 75 cm Signed lower right in Hindi and dated 1987 Bearing a label on the back "Acquired at the art auction in aid of the Delhi Commonwealth Women's Association clinic held on 4 December 1987 at the Australian High Commission, New Delhi". *** Charcoal on paper, signed in Hindi and dated lower right, 29½ × 29½ in. Executed in 1987. Provenance Charity sale in aid of the Delhi Commonwealth Women's Association Clinic, Australian High Commission, New Delhi, 4 December 1987; private collection Italy This work marks a turning point in Satish Gujral's career: at the height of his career as an architect - he had just completed the Belgian Embassy in New Delhi - he switched to a more assertive abstraction. Painted in black, white and grey, the composition evokes the world of architectural drawing: rapid lines, superimposed planes, lines of force and volumes in tension, like an elevation that simultaneously decomposes and reconstructs itself. The pictorial material, dense and masterful, produces an internal vibration in which constructive rigour dissolves into a freer style, structure becoming rhythm. Born in the undivided Punjab (now Pakistan), Gujral was built on rupture: deafened at the age of eight following an accident, this foundational silence has had a lasting effect on his relationship with the world. Trained at the Mayo School of Art in Lahore and then at the Sir J.J. School of Art in Bombay, he evolved in the context of post-Independence Indian modernism without fully joining the Progressive Artists movement, developing an autonomous path rooted in a personal re-reading of forms, myths and Indian memory.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale Arab, African & Indian Modernities
Auction location
Auction time 06/18/2026 at 2:30 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like