LOT 78
LAXMAN PAI
B. India, 1926 – 2021
Lotus, 1973
Pen & ink on paper laid on card
55 x 37 cm
Signed and dated on lower right
PROVENANCE
Comes with the invoice of purchase from Roseberry Auction, London from the Sale on 22nd October 2019, Lot 511
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM 2,500 – 5,000
Born in January 1926 in Margao, Goa, India, Laxman Pai received his earliest art education in India’s Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai. The artist has admitted to having a deep and intense adoration for natural beauty, as this artwork suggests. While Pai usually paints with bright and boldcolours, this pen and ink work is in monochrome, drawing greater focus to the image depicted. At first glance, one might notice the flower petals at the top forming the head, before seeing the leaves making the arms and the body leading down to the legs and feet of a human. Nature in allher glory and human characters have always been the subject of Pai’s artwork, and this piece is where he continues to explore the relationship between humans and their environments.