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PROPERTY OF A GERMAN COLLECTOR

RAM KUMAR ‘The early 1960s saw Ram Kumar move away from the
familiar, lonely figures that had inhabited his canvas for
b.?1924 the last decade, to the crowded, sacred cityscape of the
holy city of Benaras. Richard Bartholomew explains this
Benaras transition, ‘In Banaras he brought the city in his mind in
contact with the environment, went out with sketchbook in
Ink and wax on paper hand, noted the structure of the city as a relic and as an
1960 arena, with its wharfage and haven for the philosophy of
28? × 21? in. (71.5 × 55.4 cm.) death and passage, and with its traditions of exploiting
the flesh and eulogising the refinements of man.’’ (Richard
Inscribed ‘Ram Kumar, New-Delhi / Scene of Ganges Bartholomew, ‘Impressions of Varanasi: Wax and Ink
River in Varanasi (Benaras) / 1960 / Chinese ink, wax’ Paintings by Ram Kumar’, Thought, May 7, 1960,
in German on reverse reproduced in Richard Bartholomew, The Art Critic, New
Delhi, 2012, p. 398)
??12,00,000?–18,00,000

$ 17,910?–?26,865

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