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'Sadequain, The Stranger in Paris' Installation shot, 2021
'Sadequain, The Stranger in Paris' Installation shot, 2021
Syed Sadequain
Untitled (Reclining Figure), 1962
Pen, ink, marker and wash on paper
50.6 x 75 cm
19 7/8 x 29 1/2 in
19 7/8 x 29 1/2 in
Signed and dated 'SADEQUAIN 15/3/62' upper right
This work is a combination of a reclining nude figure and Sadequain's characteristic calligraphic work - the sharp staccato abstracted Urdu script morphing in to a recumbent figure. The work...
This work is a combination of a reclining nude figure and Sadequain's characteristic calligraphic work - the sharp staccato abstracted Urdu script morphing in to a recumbent figure. The work was executed in 1962, the year after the artist's arrival in Paris.
Provenance
Private French collection;
Private UK collection
Exhibitions
Grosvenor Gallery, London, Sadequain, The Stranger in Paris, 29 March - 23 April 2021, No. 16, (illust. ex. cat. pp.88-89)Join Our Mailing List
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