Krishna Reddy - Evening & Day Editions London Thursday, September 21, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Born in 1925 in the village of Chitoor, India, Krishna Reddy was a printmaker and sculptor who belonged to a generation of artists that transformed the Indian art scene following the nation gaining independence in 1947. After training at the experimental Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, Reddy moved to London in 1949 to study at the Slade School of Fine Art as an apprentice of Henry Moore. In the early 1950s he moved to Paris, where he co-directed the printmaking workshop Atelier 17 alongside Stanley William Hayter. At the atelier, Reddy developed “viscosity printing” – a groundbreaking intaglio technique in which colour inks of diverse thicknesses are layered onto the same incised metal plate by altering their viscosity. With this printing method, Reddy produced abstract, dream-like compositions that recall organic matter or cellular structures and draw inspiration from surrealism. In 1976, the artist moved to New York where he established the Color Print Atelier, and soon after was appointed Director of Graphics & Printmaking at New York University, a position he held until 2002. Reddy’s work is held in some of the most prestigious institutions worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Albertina Museum, Vienna, among others.

     

206

Bull and Man

1957
Etching in colours with embossing, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins.
I. 38.9 x 30.4 cm (15 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
S. 65.5 x 50 cm (25 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)

Signed, dated and numbered 79/220 in pencil (there were also some artist's proofs), unframed.

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£1,000 - 1,200 

Sold for £508

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 21 - 22 September 2023