Rangavalli Drawings

Details

Philip Taaffe (B. 1955)
Rangavalli Drawings
each: signed and dated 'P. Taaffe 1990' (lower right)
oil on paper, in four parts
each: 27 ½ x 27 ½in. (70 x 70cm.)
Executed in 1990

Provenance

Galerie Samia Samoua, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991.

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Lot Essay

Philip Taaffe’s Rangavalli Glass Monotypes stem from the ongoing series of works the artist has been making based on the tradition of painting mandalas, which are called Rangavalli in the north of India and demand a slow, meditative gaze on the part of the viewer.

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