Untitled (Silappadikaram Series)

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KATTINGERI KRISHNA HEBBAR (1911-1996)
Untitled (Silappadikaram Series)
signed, dated, and inscribed as illustrated
ink on paper
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm.) largest; 7 ½ x 4 ¾ in. (19 x 12.1 cm.) smallest(51)
Executed in 1964; fifty-one works on paper

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist
Acquired from the above

Literature

I. Adigal, A. Danielou, translator, 'Silappadikaram', Illustrated Weekly of India, Bombay, 27 September 1964 - 7 February 1965 (illustrated)
Hebbar: An Artist's Quest, exhibition catalogue, Bengaluru, 2011, pp. 25, 132-137 (ten illustrated)
J. Bhattacharya ed., Illango Adigl's Silappadikaram; The Poetic Narration in Lines by K K Hebbar, Kolkata, 2025 (illustrated)

Exhibited

Bengaluru, National Gallery of Modern Art, An Artist's Quest: K.K. Hebbar - A Retrospective, 21 August - 20 October, 2011
New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, An Artist's Quest: K.K. Hebbar - A Retrospective, 22 November - 22 December, 2011
Mumbai, National Gallery of Modern Art, An Artist's Quest: K.K. Hebbar - A Retrospective, 2 February - 4 March, 2012
New Delhi, Art Magnum and KK Hebbar Foundation, K.K. Hebbar's Silappadikaram; One of the Five Great Tamil Epics, 21 September - 31 October, 2025

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