SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)

L'Arbre du Mal

细节

SYED HAIDER RAZA (B. 1922)
L'Arbre du Mal
signed and dated 'RAZA 61' (lower right); signed, inscribed, titled and dated 'RAZA P - 329 61 L'arbre du mal' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 36¼ in. (73 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1961

来源

Maison de la Culture, Grenoble
Private Collection

出版

Raza: A Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Saffronart, New York, 2007, pp. 48-49 (illustrated)
The Moderns Revisited, exhibition catalogue, Grosvenor Vadehra, London, 2006, p. 25 (illustrated)

展览

New York, Saffronart, Raza: A Retrospective, September 2007
London, Grosvenor Vadehra, The Moderns Revisited, October - November 2006

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拍品专文

During the 1960s, Raza's style painting style shifted from an impressionistic brushstroke to a more fluid expressionism following his visiting professorship at the University of California, Berkeley. The defined depictions of the French and Indian countryside became more fractured and abstracted as Raza experimented with a new mood-evoking style and palette. L'Arbre du Mal, while not entirely representational, maintains strong Indian connotations in its palette with a composition influenced by the Rajasthani miniatures in the artist's personal collection. The highly textured work evokes the lush forests and landscapes surrounding Raza's boyhood villages in Madhya Pradesh.