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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  October 2015 Antique and Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  06 Oct 2015 ~ 10am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 331)
  06 Oct 2015 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 340 - 755)
• Lot #:
  701
• Lot Description:
  Bhupen Khakhar
  (India, 1934-2003)
  Red Elephant, c.1965
  oil on relief plaster, with incised calligraphy and silver foil highlights
  775 x 680
  unsigned
  another work on reverse with figural magazine cutouts, calligraphy and abstract painted detail.
• Provenance:
  Ex. the estate of the artist Roy Dalgarno (b. Melbourne Australia 1910 - d. Auckland New Zealand 2001), Dalgarno lived in India c1950 - 1970 working and living within the arts community.
• Notes:
  Khakar’s early works referenced street culture and kitsch, graffiti, posters and plaster idols. In the 1969 arts publication ‘Vischrick’ Khakhar lists in his ‘Visual Notes’ some influences including: ‘...landscapes done with waste material and Kanu Desai’s Plaster casts of gods and goddesses.
• Estimate:
  NZ$8,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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