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Jeram Patel — featured artwork

Introduction

Date of Birth
20 Jun 1930
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Date of Death
18 Jan 2016
Age
85
Place of Birth
Sojitra, Kaira Dist., Gujarat, India
Place of Death
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
State Country of Birth
Gujarat, India
State Country of Death
Gujarat, India

Exhibitions

  1. 1959

    1. Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  2. 1963

    1. Organised by Group 1890, Gujarat, India
    2. Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, Japan
    3. Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  3. 1964

    1. Ten Contemporary Painters from India, University of South Florida Tampa Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
    2. Dagodo Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    3. Long Beach Art Centre, San Francisco, California, USA
    4. East West Centre, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Manila & Singapore
    5. Hunter Art Gallery, Colorado Springs, USA
  4. 1965

    1. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
  5. 1967

    1. Seven Painters, London, UK
  6. 1968

    1. Five Contemporary Painters, Kunika-Chemould Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
    2. Ist Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  7. 1969

    1. Indian Painters Exhibition, Kolkata, India
  8. 1970

    1. Contemporary Indian Painters, Tehran, Iran
    2. Graphics & Drawings, Art Today, New Delhi, India
  9. 1971

    1. Travelling Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art, Tokyo and South America
  10. 1973

    1. Contemporary Indian Paintings, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC., USA
  11. 1975

    1. 3rd Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    2. Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
  12. 1977

  13. 1978

    1. 4th Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  14. 1979

    1. Six British International Print Biennale, London, UK
    2. Asian Artists Exhibition, Part - 1, Modern Indian Art, China and Japan, Tokyo, Japan
  15. 1980

    1. 3rd World Biennale of Graphic Art, Baghdad and London
  16. 1982

    1. Contemporary Indian Art, Represented in the exhibition of Festival of India, London, UK
    2. 5th Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    3. Contemporary Indian Painting, Organised by the Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi, at Washington, USA
  17. 1985

    1. Weaver's Service Centres exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
    2. Graphic Print Exhibition, Compiled by Pro. Lingran for the Festival of India, USA
    3. Graphic Art in India since 1950, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  18. 1989

    1. International exhibition of artists from Europe, America and Asia, Organised by Max Muller Bhavan, Mumbai, during East-West Encounter in Visual Art at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  19. 1990

    1. Centre for Contemporary Art - 1990-1991, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
    2. Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  20. 1991

    1. 16 Feb 1991 to 15 Mar 1991

  21. 1993

    1. Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, India
  22. 1994

    1. 3rd International Biennale, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
    2. Exhibition of 28 Contemporary Artists, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, USA
    3. Drawing' 94, New Delhi, India
  23. 1996

    1. 06 Dec 1996 to 28 Dec 1996

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Lalit Kala Akademi (Organiser). XIV Sao Paulo Biennale 1977, 1977 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883572
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Lalit Kala Akademi (Organiser). XIV Sao Paulo Biennale 1977, 1977 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883572

Chronicled Highlights 91961 – 2022

Jeram Patel was born in 1930 in Sojitra, Kaira Dist., Gujarat, India.
1961
Public Auction HighPainting
Asta Guru · Modern Indian ArtMumbai · 27 March 2018
In 2018, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Ascending Planes (1961), offered in the Modern Indian Art by Asta Guru, which concluded on 27 March 2018 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹48,89,508 ($75,458.51). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Patel, Jeram (Artist). Ascending Planes, 1961 | Painting
Selling price
INR48,89,508
22% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 30,00,000 – 40,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 2,830
Medium
Enamel and oil on fire board
Dimensions
36 × 48 in (91 × 122 cm)
Signature
S/d : Top Left
Lot
33 · AG.Mum/27.03.18
Provenance
Property from a private Baroda based collection, originally from the collection of Asit Shah a close friend of the artist.
1963
Public Auction HighPainting
Christie's · South Asian Modern and Contemporary ArtNew York · 22 March 2023
In 2023, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Journey into the Past (1963), offered in the South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art by Christie's, which concluded on 22 March 2023 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹87,99,228.9 ($107,100). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Patel, Jeram (Artist). Journey into the Past, 1962-1963 | Painting
Selling price
INR87,99,229
114% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 28,75,565 – 41,07,950
Rate per sq in
INR 3,802
Medium
Enamel and blowtorch on wood
Dimensions
48.1 × 48.1 in (122 × 122 cm)
Lot
554 · Ch.NeY/22.03.23
1969
Public Auction HighPainting
Osian's · Masterpieces and Museum Quality Series: Indian Contemporary ArtMumbai · 02 December 2005
In 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1969), offered in the Masterpieces and Museum Quality Series: Indian Contemporary Art by Osian's, which concluded on 02 December 2005 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹4,60,000 ($9,973.98). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Patel, Jeram (Artist). Untitled, 1969 | Painting
Selling price
INR4,60,000
Below low estimate
Estimate
INR 6,00,000 – 7,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 365
Medium
Silver paint on canvas
Dimensions
32.8 × 38.5 in (83 × 98 cm)
Lot
56 · Os.Mum/02.12.05
1974
Public Auction HighPainting
HEART · The Intuitive-Logic II: Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings, Drawings, Graphics, Sculpture & TapestryMumbai · 15 November 1997
In 1997, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1974), offered in the The Intuitive-Logic II: Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings, Drawings, Graphics, Sculpture & Tapestry by HEART, which concluded on 15 November 1997 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹80,000 ($2,177). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Patel, Jeram (Artist). Untitled, 1974 | Painting
Selling price
INR80,000
Below low estimate
Estimate
INR 1,25,000 – 1,75,000
Rate per sq in
INR 139
Medium
Blow torch on wood
Dimensions
24 × 24 in (61 × 61 cm)
Lot
132 · He.Mum/15.11.97
1974
Public Auction HighSculpture
Pundole · Classical and Modern Indian ArtMumbai · 21 April 2016
In 2016, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1974), offered in the Classical and Modern Indian Art by Pundole, which concluded on 21 April 2016 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹48,00,000 ($72,406). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Patel, Jeram (Artist). Untitled, 1974 | Sculpture
Selling price
INR48,00,000
586% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 5,00,000 – 7,00,000
Medium
Blow torch and pigment on wood
Dimensions
24 × 23.9 in (61 × 61 cm)
Signature
Signed 'Jeram Patel' l.l.
Lot
18 · Pu.Mum/21.04.16
1987
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First Auction Appearance | BOOK.AUCPainting
Christie's · Contemporary Indian Art (Charity Auction)Mumbai · 20 December 1987
On 20 December 1987, Jeram Patel made their debut in the Indian public auction market when Black Form One was presented as Lot 24 in Contemporary Indian Art (Charity Auction), conducted by Christie's in Mumbai, India. This auction marked the artist's first recorded appearance in the public auction market, establishing the earliest chapter of their auction history.
Patel, Jeram (Artist). Black Form One, n.d. | Painting
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Lot
24 · Ch.Mum/20.12.87
1994
Literary ReferencePainting
DeRivaz & Ives · Indian Modern Fine ArtsOnline · 22 January 2022
Jeram’s drawing begins in an unpremeditated way, as an act of ‘forgetting’…Jeram’s images convey an intensity in the mass of their black as he gathers ink around a point. Their bold silhouette also betrays a certain tension in the way they are drawn out with a dry brush or in the hatches of a nib to suggest fur or bristle. These forms are arranged against white paper like some transmuted characters of typography, assertive but not located in volumetric space…
The forms suggest a slow process of decomposition and simultaneous becoming, in spite of the memory of violence. The paradox of sensibility and act is thus captured in all its materiality and is given, in Jeram’s words, the ‘dignity of explicit aesthetics’.
Jeram’s presence in Baroda was felt as powerfully as that of Subramanyan. His personality – intense, singleminded, bold to the point of being brash and marked by an assertive male libido – attracted many. His continually itinerant, restless spirit… his bohemian ways, his hostility towards verbalizing art matters, and his immensely articulate visual expression made him an irresistible prototype of an artist. His work habits also had their aura. Jeram hardly made working a daily ritual (unlike Bhupen Khakhar or Subramanyan), but produced in impulsive and intensive spells enough work for a show or two each year, reaching a prolific count of thirty oneman shows in the last three decades.
His personality stood in contrast to that of Subramanyan. Despite the fact that the administrative positions he occupied were similar to that of Subramanyan, the image he projected was that of an anarchist – abrupt and impatient with adversaries, and of one who attacked the canvas frontally with a near-fatal determination to exterminate it… The example of creative energy he presented through his work, however, left a lasting impression on a generation of artists and designers wherever he worked… Imprints of Jeram’s work and personality can also be seen in the formative phases of a range of very different artists – Piraji Sagara, Himmat Shah, Laxma Goud, Arpita Singh, Manu Parekh and Sunil Das, to name a few.”
Patel, Jeram (Artist). Untitled, c.1990-1994 | Painting
Selling price
INR20,16,000
Below low estimate
Estimate
INR 24,00,000 – 36,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 1,078
Medium
Oil on canvas pasted on a protective paper
Dimensions
29.3 × 63.8 in (74 × 162 cm)
Lot
28 · De.Onl/22.01.22
2022
Featured on Auction Catalogue Cover | Sa.Onl/19.05.22Auction Catalogue
Saffronart · The Art of India Online AuctionMumbai · 19 May 2022
In 2022, an artwork by Jeram Patel was featured on the cover of Saffronart: The Art of India Online Auction (May 2022, Mumbai), marking a documented highlight in the artist's public and auction market visibility.
Saffronart (Auction House). The Art of India Online Auction. 19 May 2022 | Auction Catalogue
Lots offered
63
Lots sold
48 · 76%
Lot
Sa.Onl/19.05.22
2022
Featured on Auction Catalogue Cover | Sa.Onl/21.07.22Auction Catalogue
Saffronart · The Art of India AuctionMumbai · 21 July 2022
In 2022, an artwork by Jeram Patel was featured on the cover of Saffronart: The Art of India Auction (July 2022, Mumbai), marking a documented highlight in the artist's public and auction market visibility.
Saffronart (Auction House). The Art of India Auction. 21 July 2022 | Auction Catalogue
Lots offered
37
Lots sold
24 · 65%
Lot
Sa.Onl/21.07.22

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