Subodh Gupta - Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Friday, May 17, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Wedel Fine Art, London

  • Exhibited

    London, Saatchi Gallery, The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, January 29 - May 8, 2010
    Lille, Tri Postal, La Route de la Soie/The Silk Road, October 20, 2010-January 16, 2011

  • Literature

    J. Cape, The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, exh. cat., 2009, p. 132 (illustrated)
    The History of the Saatchi Gallery, London, 2011, p. 796 (illustrated)

  • Catalogue Essay

    "I use materials that are connected with collective memory... I remember when I was in school, stainless steel was so desirable, to eat on it at an uncle’s house was the height of luxury. It was more expensive than brass at that time.” Subodh Gupta, 2007

132

Still Steal Steel #1

2007
oil and enamel on canvas
78 x 144 in. (198.1 x 365.8 cm.)
Inscribed and dated "07, Dec. 13" on the reverse.

Estimate
$120,000 - 180,000 

Sold for $149,000

Contact Specialist
Amanda Stoffel
Head of Sale
astoffel@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1261

Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 17 May 2013 10am