Details
ZARINA (B. 1937)
Steps
signed, titled, numbered and dated '1/10 'STEPS' Zarina 81' (on the reverse)
cast paper
21½ x 21¾ in. (54.6 x 55.2 cm.)
Executed in 1981; number one from an edition of ten
Provenance
Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Literature
P. Singh, 'Zarina Hashmi: In Love with Paper', Design, January -- March 1982, p. 48 (illustrated)
Zarina: Paper Houses, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi, 2007
Meera Menezes, 'Between Homes,' Art India, Mumbai, 2007, Volume XII, Issue I, Quarter I, p. 111 (illustrated)
Exhibited
New Delhi, Gallery Espace, Zarina: Paper Houses, January -- February 2007

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Lot Essay

In her sculptures, Zarina's obsession with the formal purity takes a three dimensional form retaining the minimalist and lyrical essence of the line. Through the niches in this cast paper sculpture, Zarina addresses the idea of a home, a subject she has continued to deal with in her artistic career. Recalling the step wells seen traditionally in India, Zarina brings in the structural elements of a home within these small spaces, framing them together in a larger square that in turn represents a house--a place of security.

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