The Surya Collection: Property from Mrs. Ute RettbergSunita Shresthab. 1940Untitled
Oil on canvasSigned 'SUNITHA SHRESTHA.' on reverse70.2 x 70 cm. (27 ⅝ x 27 ½ in.)Painted circa 1978Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact Frances.Belsham@sothebys.com ProvenanceAcquired directly from the artist, Surya Galerie, Freinsheim, 1979ExhibitedGermany, Freinsheim, Surya Galerie, Laxman Shrestha Sunita Shrestha, 30 September - 7 November 1979Catalogue noteThe exceptional abstractionist, Sunita Shrestha, studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay. There, she met her husband, Laxman Shrestha, who likewise became a master of abstraction. Sunita and Laxman moved in intimate circles of Indian artists and collectors, counting Maqbool Fida Husain Vasudeo S. Gaitonde and Jehangir Nicholson among their close friends. Sunita’s exquisite paintings recall the incredible gradation of colour seen in the work of her friend Gaitonde, but her exact and atmospheric deployment of delicate geometric forms is wholly unique.
The Surya Collection: Property from Mrs. Ute RettbergSunita Shresthab. 1940Untitled
Oil on canvasSigned 'SUNITHA SHRESTHA.' on reverse70.2 x 70 cm. (27 ⅝ x 27 ½ in.)Painted circa 1978Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact Frances.Belsham@sothebys.com ProvenanceAcquired directly from the artist, Surya Galerie, Freinsheim, 1979ExhibitedGermany, Freinsheim, Surya Galerie, Laxman Shrestha Sunita Shrestha, 30 September - 7 November 1979Catalogue noteThe exceptional abstractionist, Sunita Shrestha, studied at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay. There, she met her husband, Laxman Shrestha, who likewise became a master of abstraction. Sunita and Laxman moved in intimate circles of Indian artists and collectors, counting Maqbool Fida Husain Vasudeo S. Gaitonde and Jehangir Nicholson among their close friends. Sunita’s exquisite paintings recall the incredible gradation of colour seen in the work of her friend Gaitonde, but her exact and atmospheric deployment of delicate geometric forms is wholly unique.
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