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    South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art

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    11 June 2008

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    • Nataraj Sharma (b. 1958)
    Lot 95

    Nataraj Sharma (b. 1958)

    The Aegean

    Price realised

    GBP 37,250

    Estimate

    GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000

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    Nataraj Sharma (b. 1958)
    The Aegean
    oil on canvas
    37 x 70 in. (94 x 177.8 cm.)
    Painted in 2007

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Mapping Memories, Painted Travelogues, exhibition catalogue, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi, 2008


    Exhibited

    New Delhi, Gallery Threshold, Mapping Memories, Painted Travelogues , 2008


    Lot Essay

    Inspired by a visit to Greece, Nataraj Sharma painted The Aegean referring the Aegean Sea that is located between Greece and Turkey. "Over the past few years, I've had a growing interest in looking at landscape. There is something so sad and beautiful about being at a height and looking down at a vast horizon, still just a small section of this earth. Being distanced and away from people, being able to see a larger pattern, perhaps some sort of meaning, without getting caught up in details. I've always wanted to paint an enormous view of the earth, broken up into units not just for practical purposes, but also to make this vastness more comprehensible." (Nataraj Sharma in conversation with Peter Nagy, exhibition catalogue, iCON/India Contemporary, at the Venice Biennale 2005; Bose Pacia, New York, 2005 p. 59)

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