Untitled (The Cliff)

Details

RAM KUMAR (B. 1924)
Untitled (The Cliff)
signed in Hindi and dated '72' (lower left) and inscribed '50 x 33' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
33 x 50 in. (84 x 127.1 cm.)
Painted in 1972

Provenance

Collection of Birte and John Hover, Denmark
Mr. Hover was an employee of Larsen and Toubro and stationed in India
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Lot Essay

In 1970, Ram Kumar received the prestigious Rockefeller grant which enabled him to study in the US. Using his stipend, Ram Kumar traveled extensively in England, Spain, Italy as well as throughout the US and Mexico before returning to India. The abstracted landscapes from his 70s works signified a change in the artist's style whereas before he devised tightly composed architectonic structures, his looser brushstrokes heralded a new series of open and barren landscapes likely inspired by these travels.

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