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179 - Lalitha LAJMI (Calcutta 1932 - Bombay 2023) Composition, 197…
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Lalitha LAJMI (Calcutta 1932 - Bombay 2023) Composition, 1976 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm Signed and dated on the back: Lalitha Lajmi, (19)76. On the back of the canvas, maker's stamp "Camel Oil Painting, Canvas, Medium grain"; and handwritten inscriptions "N°5 Wilson House, Dumayne Road, Colaba, Bombay 5, India". *** Oil on canvas, signed and dated on the reverse, 23⅝ × 23⅝ in. Painted in 1976 Lalita Lajmi (1932-2023) Born in Calcutta (Kolkata), Lalita Lajmi was a self-taught Indian painter, active mainly in Mumbai. From an artistic background - she is the sister of film-maker Guru Dutt - she developed her own practice from the early 1960s, after her first exhibition at the Jehangir Art Gallery in 1961. Her work, which is essentially figurative, is characterised by a strong autobiographical dimension. Through theatrical compositions populated by recurring figures - often female - she explores psychological dynamics, family relationships and gender tensions. Nourished by introspection and dream analysis, her painting evolves towards a symbolic language in which archetypal figures appear, sometimes inspired by Hindu imagery. For a long time on the fringes of mainstream circuits, her work received belated institutional recognition, notably with a retrospective at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai in 2023. Her works are held in several public collections, including the National Gallery of Modern Art and the British Museum.
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Auction time 06/18/2026 at 2:30 PM
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