Lot#14 || Prabhakar Barwe (1936-1995)
THE CLOUD AND THE CLOCK
(1991)
Watercolour on paper
Signed and dated lower right
12.00 x 19.00 in
Estimate ₹ 3,00,000 - ₹ 5,00,000
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Mumbai
Private Collection, Mumbai
CATALOGUE NOTES
Prabhakar Barwe studied art at Sir J. J. School of Art,Bombay. His fascination with the abstract form, drawn from the style and the concepts of Bauhaus, was reflected in his early watercolours and later works with floating motifs on a transparent surface. Barwe rejected both the British academic tradition-dictated artistic models in Indian figurative art and the Indian miniature form to evolve a universal, abstract visual language that explored inward spaces and transient realities.
Prabhakar Barwe studied art at Sir J. J. School of Art,Bombay. His fascination with the abstract form, drawn from the style and the concepts of Bauhaus, was reflected in his early watercolours and later works with floating motifs on a transparent surface. Barwe rejected both the British academic tradition-dictated artistic models in Indian figurative art and the Indian miniature form to evolve a universal, abstract visual language that explored inward spaces and transient realities.
EXHIBITED
Inside the Empty Box - a retrospective of Prabhakar Barwe at National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai, 8th February 2019 to 10th March 2019.
