Live Auction 2577South Asian Modern & Contemporary
Manjit Bawa (1941-2008)
Lot 422

Manjit Bawa (1941-2008)

Untitled (Man with Bird)

Closed12 September 2012

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USD 80,500

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Manjit Bawa (1941-2008)
Untitled (Man with Bird)
signed and dated 'Manjit 88 Manjit Bawa' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
33¼ x 36 1/8 in. (84.5 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1988

Formerly from The Estate of Manjit Bawa

Specialist note

The balloon-like shapes found an easy and logical transition into his human, animal and plant shapes. He was making a philosophical assertion in addition to the aesthetic which naturally followed. He was implying that the same force inhabits all creation.
--Krishen Khanna
(Let's Paint the Sky Red: Manjit Bawa, New Delhi, 2011, p. 101)