Page 369 - Manifest September 2024

Lot No. 219

SAKTI BURMAN

b. 1935
THREE WOMEN
51 x 61.5 in (129.5 x 156.2 cm)
Oil on canvas
1961
Signed & Dated: Bottom Centre
` 60,00,000 - 80,00,000 | $ 73,171 - 97,561
Provenance: Property from a collection based
in Chennai

Born in 1935 in Kolkata, Sakti Burman
first studied painting at the Government
College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata, in 1956.
He then moved to Paris to attend the Ecole
Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and
was awarded the Prix des Etrangers by
this institution. In 1958, the artist travelled
to Italy and had an opportunity to see
the Italian frescoes of Giotto, Piero de la
Francesca and Simone Martini, which left a
lasting impression on him. Soon, the artist
evolved his incredibly distinctive lexicon
with a confluence of pointillism and marbling
technique that rendered his compositions’
fresco-like surfaces. Artist Sakti Burman has
participated in numerous solo exhibitions,
and biennales throughout his career.