Untitled (Gulmohar Tree)

Details

KATTINGERI KRISHNA HEBBAR (1911-1996)
Untitled (Gulmohar Tree)
signed and dated 'Hebbar 62' (lower left)
oil on canvas
40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1962

Provenance

The Collection of Hanna and Simon Lifschutz
Christie's London, 4 June 1997, lot 26
Acquired from the above

Hanna and Simon Lifshutz founded Vitrum Studios in Bombay, 1957. Simon Lifschutz lived in India for twenty-one years, during which time he revived industrial glass-making. These were the first studios in India to encourage young artists to work in ceramics and mosaics and create affordable work in an Indian idiom. They offered artists a livelihood and the freedom to develop their own style. Any artist was welcome to visit and work or teach there; prominent among them were K.H. Ara, K.K. Hebbar and Badri Narayan.

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Lot Essay

Art can be addressed to the artistic sensibility of the viewer. An artist, being a part of human society, wants his work to be communicative, though not in a sense of telling a story, teaching a moral or describing nature’s grandeur. If a work of art displays technical perfection and also expresses a certain mood, thought or idea, communication becomes more meaningful.
- K.K. Hebbar

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