Through The Window Lightly

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ZARINA (B. 1937)
Through The Window Lightly
signed, dated, titled and numbered 'H/C Through The Window Lightly Zarina 2008' (lower edge)
collage with handmade Nepalese paper and gold leaf on Arches Buff paper
8 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (21.9 x 21.9 cm.) image; 13¼ x 13¼ in. (33.7 x 33.7 cm. ) sheet
Executed in 2008

Provenance

Gifted by the artist to the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Luhring Augustine, The Ten Thousand Things, 19 June - 30 July 2009

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Lot Essay

In 2008, Zarina began to explore the idea of Noor, or divine light, using gold leaf in her meditative works on paper and sculptural pieces. Executed as a group of twenty five collages, 'Through the Window Lightly' is a rhythmic and reverent work, almost like a luminous chatai (mat) or chequer-board with its alternating squares of gold.

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