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Akbar Padamsee’s

LANDSCAPES & METASCAPES

LANDSCAPE
35 x 50 in (89 x 127 cm)
Oil on canvas, 1963 | PRESENTED LOT

LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE The presented lot was created by the
39.5 × 39.5 in (100 × 100 cm) 32.5 × 32.5 in (82.5 × 82.5 cm) artist during an extremely vital transitional
Oil on canvas, 1965 Oil on canvas, 1969
phase, as to when he was exploring
different visual expressions, beyond the
realm of the human figure and the genre
of still life. Abstracted landscapes, like the
presented lot, were the formative ground
upon which he went on to execute his
metascapes. And, therefore, the presented
landscape from the year 1963 represents an
important phase in his artistic journey. One
can observe a distinct colour composition
tendency, which follows suit through the
following years. However, the structuring of
the work from this period is indeed poetic
in nature, as opposed to the lyrical premise
of his metascapes. In the presented lot,
colours cascade into one another, without
inhibition, without segmentation, flowing
with a swirl of exploration. The technique
METASCAPE UNTITLED and style with which the paint was applied UNTITLED
47.6 × 47.6 in (121 × 121 cm) 68 × 68 in (173 × 173 cm) (being with a palette knife) can be defined 68 × 48 in (173 × 122 cm)
Oil on canvas, 1972 Oil on canvas, 1971 as innate to the artist. Oil on canvas, 1973