Live Auction 1201South Asian Art
K. LAXMA GOUD (B. 1940)
Lot 44 THE ESTATE OF KEKOO AND KHORSHED GANDHY
Property from the Collection of Rashna Imhasly-Gandhy and Behroze Gandhy

K. LAXMA GOUD (B. 1940)

Untitled

Closed19 December 2013

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INR 937,500

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K. LAXMA GOUD (B. 1940)
Untitled
signed and dated 'K. Laxmagoud, 1972.' (lower right); further inscribed and numbered 'ETCHiNG ZINC, AP. 1/6'; 'AP. 3/6'; 'AP.' (lower left, as illustrated)
etching on paper
9¾ x 11¾ in. (24.8 x 29.8 cm.) plate; 16¾ x 22 in. (42.5 x 55.9 cm.) sheet;
8 x 11 in. (20.3 x 27.9 cm.) plate; 16 7/8 x 22 in. (42.9 x 55.9 cm.) sheet;
5 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (13.7 x 24.4 cm.) plate; 9 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (23.2 x 55.6 cm.) sheet;
4 x 11 in. (10.2 x 27.9 cm.) plate; 8½ x 21 7/8 in. (21.6 x 55.6 cm.) sheet;
3 7/8 x 11 in. (9.8 x 27.9 cm.) plate; 8½ x 21 7/8 in. (21.6 x 55.6 cm.) sheet
Executed in 1972; Five works on paper
5 (5)

Specialist note

Laxma Goud was trained at the Government College of Art and Architecture in Hyderabad. He is most well known for being a master draughtsman. Goud's expressive use of line, form and attention to detail is unsurpassed. Laxma Goud's works characteristically portray Indian men and women in tribal rural settings either in stark black and white. In these series Laxma Goud here uses his virtuoso skills as a draughtsman to render playful, paradoxical and ironic images that combine erotic imagery with rural tropes and mythological iconography.