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Lot No. 41

GULAMMOHAMMED SHEIKH
b. 1937

ALPHABET STORIES II
57 x 94 in (146 x 238 cm)
Gouache & mixed media on paper
2002-2004
Signed & Dated: Bottom Right

` 60,00,000 - 80,00,000 | $ 73,171 - 97,561

Published: ‘At Home In The Word: The Art And Life
of Gulammohammed Sheikh’ by Tulika Books &
Vadehra Art Gallery, 2019.

Provenance: Property from a collection based in
New Delhi.

Born in Surendranagar, Gujarat, in 1937,
Gulammohammed Sheikh earned a master’s
degree in fine arts in painting from the Faculty of
Fine Arts at the University of Baroda. In 1966, he
was awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship
from the Royal College of Art, London, and later
became an associate of the academy. He has
been actively involved in academia, teaching art
history and painting at the University of Baroda.
Additionally, he served as a visiting artist at the
Art Institute of Chicago in 2002 and held a visiting
fellowship at Delhi University in 2004. Sheikh’s
international engagements include being a writer/
artist in residence at the South Asia Regional Studies
Department of the University of Pennsylvania in
2000. Among his numerous accolades, he received
the National Award from the Lalit Kala Akademi
in 1962, the Padma Shri in 1983, and the Padma
Bhushan in 2014.

Cover of the publication with the artwork illustrated.