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V.S. Gaitonde

V.S. Gaitonde

Scorpiob. 02 Nov 1924, Nagpur, Maharashtra, Indiad. 10 Aug 2001

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Introduction

Date of Birth
02 Nov 1924
Date of Death
10 Aug 2001
Age
76
Place of Birth
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
State Country of Birth
Maharashtra, India
  1. 1943

    1. Joined an art course in a private institute before joining Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
  2. 1945

    1. Joined Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. Directly in third year with a scholarship
  3. 1948

    1. Diploma in Painting, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India
  4. 1964

    1. J.D. Rockefeller III Fund Travelling Fellowship, New York, USA

      1964 – 1965

  1. 1948

    1. Founder Member, Progressive Artists' Group, Mumbai, India
  2. 1951

    1. Fellowship, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India

Exhibitions

  1. 1948

    1. Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  2. 1949

    1. 59th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  3. 1950

    1. 60th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  4. 1951

    1. Progressive Artists' Group, Exhibition of Paintings, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India

      06 Sep 1951 to 12 Sep 1951

    2. Various Exhibitions in Artists Aid Centre, Mumbai, India
  5. 1952

    1. 61st Annual Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery inaugural exhibition, Presented by Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
    2. 3rd 'Progressive Artists' Group Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  6. 1953

    1. Progressive Artists Group, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  7. 1954

    1. Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

      19 Jun 1954 to 17 Oct 1954

  8. 1955

    1. Indian Art Exhibition, Organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  9. 1956

    1. Eight Painters, Indian Cooperative Uion, New Delhi, India

      17 Nov 1956 to 25 Nov 1956

    2. National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, India)

      15 Jan 1956

  10. 1957

    1. Five Thousand Years of Indian Art, Essen, Germany
    2. 1st Young Asian Artist Exhibition, Tokyo Department Store, Japan
  11. 1959

    1. Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India
    2. Graham Gallery, New York, USA
    3. Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 59, Mumbai, India

      26 Jan 1959

    4. Trends in Contemporary Paintings from India, American Federation of Arts, New York, USA (March 1959 - March 1960)
    5. Indian Art Today, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

      15 May 1959 to 16 Jul 1959

    6. Trends in Contemporary Paintings from India, Graham Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

      10 Feb 1959 to 26 Feb 1959

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  1. 1959

    1. Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India
    2. Graham Gallery, New York, USA
  2. 1960

    1. Solo Show, Gallery 59, Mumbai, India
    2. Solo Show, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India
  3. 1961

    1. Solo Show, Organised by Gallery 59, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

      27 Dec 1961 to 02 Jan 1962

  4. 1963

    1. Solo Show, Gallery Number One, London, UK
    2. Solo Show, Gallery 63, New York, USA
  5. 1965

    1. Willard Gallery, New York, USA

      18 May 1965 to 12 Jun 1965

  6. 1966

    1. Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

      10 Oct 1966

  7. 1967

    1. Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

      20 Sep 1967

  8. 1969

    1. Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

      27 Mar 1969

  9. 1970

    1. Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  10. 1971

    1. Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi, India

      11 Aug 1971

  11. 1973

    1. Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi, India

      10 Dec 1973

  12. 1975

    1. Drawings 1958-1962, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

      18 Feb 1975 to 28 Feb 1975

  13. 1977

    1. Exhibition of Paintings, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

      14 Feb 1977 to 28 Feb 1977

  14. 1980

    1. Mumbai, India
  15. 1981

    1. Exhibition of Paintings, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

      16 Mar 1981 to 31 Mar 1981

  16. 1983

  17. 1984

    1. Paintings, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, India

      18 Jun 1984 to 30 Jun 1984

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Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist) and Amit Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Assistant Editor). Gaitonde, 1983 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00883112

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist) and Amit Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Assistant Editor). Gaitonde, 1983 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00883112

  1. 1948

    1. Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  2. 1949

    1. 59th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  3. 1950

    1. 60th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  4. 1951

    1. Progressive Artists' Group, Exhibition of Paintings, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India

      06 Sep 1951 to 12 Sep 1951

    2. Various Exhibitions in Artists Aid Centre, Mumbai, India
  5. 1952

    1. 61st Annual Exhibition, Jehangir Art Gallery inaugural exhibition, Presented by Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
    2. 3rd 'Progressive Artists' Group Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  6. 1953

    1. Progressive Artists Group, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
  7. 1954

    1. Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

      19 Jun 1954 to 17 Oct 1954

  8. 1955

    1. Indian Art Exhibition, Organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India
  9. 1956

    1. Eight Painters, Indian Cooperative Uion, New Delhi, India

      17 Nov 1956 to 25 Nov 1956

    2. National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, India)

      15 Jan 1956

  10. 1957

    1. Five Thousand Years of Indian Art, Essen, Germany
    2. 1st Young Asian Artist Exhibition, Tokyo Department Store, Japan
  11. 1959

    1. Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 59, Mumbai, India

      26 Jan 1959

    2. Trends in Contemporary Paintings from India, American Federation of Arts, New York, USA (March 1959 - March 1960)
    3. Indian Art Today, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

      15 May 1959 to 16 Jul 1959

    4. Trends in Contemporary Paintings from India, Graham Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

      10 Feb 1959 to 26 Feb 1959

  12. 1960

    1. 70th Annual Exhibition, Presented by Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  13. 1961

    1. Group Exhibition of Graphic Art, Kunika-Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi, India
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Chronicled Highlights 531961 – 2023

V.S. Gaitonde was born in 1924 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

1961
Public Auction HighPainting
Saffronart · Spring Live Auction: Modern Indian ArtMumbai · 11 March 2021

In 2021, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1961), offered in the Spring Live Auction: Modern Indian Art by Saffronart, which concluded on 11 March 2021 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹39,98,00,000 ($5,552,778). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1961 | Painting
Selling price
INR39,98,00,000
14% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 25,00,00,000 – 35,00,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 1,00,048
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 × 79.9 in (127 × 203 cm)
Lot
13 · Sa.Mum/11.03.21
Research Categories
02Modern and Contemporary Indian Fine Arts
1962
Literary Reference & Public Auction HighPainting
Sotheby's · Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Including Modern Indian Paintings from The Wilberding CollectionNew York · 20 September 2005
When the twentieth century is viewed through the psycho geography of a series of shifting and overlapping tectonic plates - through the modernism, decades of decolonisation and nationalism, postmodernism, decades of decolonialism, and post colonialism, and the intercultural dialogues between Asian, European and American Artists, intellectuals and cultural agents- what emerges is the story of several simultaneously evolving histories, or what I have termed for the purposes of this essay a system of “polymorphic modernisms.” As critic Geeta Kapur states, “it may be worth mentioning that modernism as it develops in postcolonial cultures has the oldest retroactive trajectories, and that these make up a parallel aesthetics. It is crucial that we do not see the modern as a form of determinism to be followed, in a manner of the stations of a cross, to a logical end. We should see our trajectories crisscrossing the western mainstream and, in their very disalignment from it, making up the ground that restructures the international.” With Fredric Jameson in mind Kapur continues, “the modern itself had a politicality far greater than we are taught to recognize. He (Jameson) notes the persistent use of vocabulary of political revolution in the aesthetic avant-gardes which complemented, perhaps even compensated for, the deep subjectivity to which modernist works were committed” Gaitonde’s consistently nonrepresentational works from 1959 onwards resist any intrinsic meaning or description and must be dealt with on their own uncompromised terms. One should experience them ontologically rather than in epistemic terms, given their resistance to narrativity. This, however, does not make them unmoored, universalising agentsrather they exist in time, and are contingent on the socialising factors that make them modern. One may simply point to the oeuvre of Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935), whose utopian abstraction and belief in the “zero of painting” or “objectlessness emerged within a milieu of revolutionary socialism.

In 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1962), offered in the Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Including Modern Indian Paintings from The Wilberding Collection by Sotheby's, which concluded on 20 September 2005 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹1,05,38,400 ($240,000). 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.
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1962 | Painting
Selling price
INR1,05,38,400
20% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 65,86,500 – 87,82,000
Rate per sq in
INR 7,026
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 × 50 in (76 × 127 cm)
Lot
209 · So.NeY/20.09.05
1969
Public Auction HighPainting
Pundole · Glenbarra: A Lasting Legacy Session 1Mumbai · 24 February 2022

In 2022, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1969), offered in the Glenbarra: A Lasting Legacy Session 1 by Pundole, which concluded on 24 February 2022 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹42,00,00,000 ($5,578,859.84). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1969 | Painting
Selling price
INR42,00,00,000
Within estimate
Estimate
INR 30,00,00,000 – 50,00,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 1,19,933
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
70 × 50 in (178 × 127 cm)
Lot
13 · Pu.Mum/24.02.22
Research Categories
02Modern and Contemporary Indian Fine Arts
1970
Public Auction HighPainting
Christie's · Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Including 20th Century Indian PaintingsNew York · 17 October 2001

In 2001, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1970), offered in the Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Including 20th Century Indian Paintings by Christie's, which concluded on 17 October 2001 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹25,37,471 ($52,875). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1970 | Painting
Selling price
INR25,37,471
194% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 5,75,880 – 8,63,820
Rate per sq in
INR 1,450
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 × 35 in (127 × 89 cm)
Lot
229 · Ch.NeY/17.10.01
1972
Public Auction HighPainting
Osian's · Indian Contemporary Art: Paintings, Drawings & SculptureMumbai · 09 February 2005

In 2005, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1972), offered in the Indian Contemporary Art: Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture by Osian's, which concluded on 09 February 2005 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹92,00,000 ($210,816). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1972 | Painting
Selling price
INR92,00,000
15% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 65,00,000 – 80,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 3,302
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
70.1 × 39.8 in (178 × 101 cm)
Lot
24 · Os.Mum/09.02.05
Research Categories
02Modern and Contemporary Indian Fine Arts
1973
Public Auction HighPainting
Osian's · Masterpieces & Museum Quality Series VI: With Rare Drawings and Books on Indian Contemporary ArtNew Delhi · 01 March 2006

In 2006, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1973), offered in the Masterpieces & Museum Quality Series VI: With Rare Drawings and Books on Indian Contemporary Art by Osian's, which concluded on 01 March 2006 at New Delhi, achieving a sale price of ₹4,88,75,000 ($1,102,029). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1973 | Painting
Selling price
INR4,88,75,000
172% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 1,20,00,000 – 1,80,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 20,486
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60 × 39.8 in (152 × 101 cm)
Lot
84 · Os.Del/01.03.06
1974
Public Auction HighPainting
Pundole · Looking West: Works from the Collection of the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan (Session I)Mumbai · 03 September 2020

In 2020, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1974), offered in the Looking West: Works from the Collection of the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan (Session I) by Pundole, which concluded on 03 September 2020 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹32,00,00,000 ($4,362,288.02). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1974 | Painting
Selling price
INR32,00,00,000
28% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 15,00,00,000 – 25,00,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 1,33,246
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60 × 40 in (153 × 102 cm)
Lot
11 · Pu.Mum/03.09.20
Provenance
From the collection of the Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan
Research Categories
02Modern and Contemporary Indian Fine Arts
1975
Public Auction HighPainting
Christie's · Modern and Contemporary Indian ArtNew York · 30 March 2006

In 2006, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1975), offered in the Modern and Contemporary Indian Art by Christie's, which concluded on 30 March 2006 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹6,56,65,920 ($1,472,000). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1975 | Painting
Selling price
INR6,56,65,920
84% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 2,67,66,000 – 3,56,88,000
Rate per sq in
INR 22,025
Medium
Oil and Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
70.1 × 42.5 in (178 × 108 cm)
Lot
42 · Ch.NeY/30.03.06
Research Categories
02Modern and Contemporary Indian Fine Arts
1976
Public Auction HighPainting
Christie's · Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Including 20th Century Indian PaintingsNew York · 20 September 2000

In 2000, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1976), offered in the Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Including 20th Century Indian Paintings by Christie's, which concluded on 20 September 2000 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹14,12,021 ($30,550). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1976 | Painting
Selling price
INR14,12,021
70% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 5,54,640 – 8,31,960
Rate per sq in
INR 707
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 × 40 in (127 × 102 cm)
Lot
302 · Ch.NeY/20.09.00
1977
Public Auction HighPainting
Christie's · Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Including 20th Century Indian PaintingsNew York · 19 September 2002

In 2002, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1977), offered in the Indian and Southeast Asian Art: Including 20th Century Indian Paintings by Christie's, which concluded on 19 September 2002 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹31,82,405 ($65,725). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1977 | Painting
Selling price
INR31,82,405
10% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 19,36,800 – 29,05,200
Rate per sq in
INR 1,699
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.3 × 41.3 in (115 × 105 cm)
Lot
296 · Ch.NeY/19.09.02
1979
Public Auction HighPainting
Christie's · South Asian ArtMumbai · 19 December 2013

In 2013, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1979), offered in the South Asian Art by Christie's, which concluded on 19 December 2013 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹23,70,25,000 ($3,799,695). 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.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1979 | Painting
Selling price
INR23,70,25,000
179% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 6,50,00,000 – 8,50,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 98,566
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.1 × 40 in (153 × 102 cm)
Signature
Signed in Hindi and dated '79' and further s/d 'V. S. GAITONDE '79' (verso)
Lot
63 · Ch.Mum/19.12.13
Research Categories
02Modern and Contemporary Indian Fine Arts
1980
Literary ReferencePainting
Saffronart · Spring Live Auction: South Asian Modern ArtMumbai · 16 March 2023

Whether it is a mauve canvas with a streak of turquoise blue. or a blue moon, it is always pure painting ‒‒ painting which has detached itself from the world of objects to explore its own endlessly exciting possibilities.

Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1980 | Painting
Selling price
INR47,50,00,000
48% above high estimate
Estimate
INR 22,00,00,000 – 32,00,00,000
Rate per sq in
INR 1,88,007
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
64.2 × 39.4 in (163 × 100 cm)
Lot
13 · Sa.Mum/16.03.23
Research Categories
02Modern and Contemporary Indian Fine Arts
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Economics of Art

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Currency
This section showcases auction lots that achieved record-high sale prices, tracked by the date each record was set based on the artist's historical auction data.

Record-high lots19

Public Auction Market (1987–2026) | Select Indicators

  1. Annual Auction Sale Turnover
  2. Average Sale Price Per Lot
  3. Square Inch Rate Trend
Currency

Annual Auction Sale Turnover

This indicator tracks the Total Annual Auction Sales value of V.S. Gaitonde’s artworks, beginning in 1987 through to the present.
It aggregates all sales across global auction houses into yearly totals.

Analysis reflected in the chart:
The turnover graph highlights periods of strong growth, moments of market correction, and resilience during downturns. Peaks often align with landmark works coming to public auction, while troughs may indicate reduced supply or weaker demand. Over time, the curve illustrates the overall trajectory of V.S. Gaitonde’s public auction market presence.

Average Sale Price Per Lot

This measure calculates the Average Sale Price of all lots by V.S. Gaitonde sold each year.
It smooths out fluctuations caused by the quantity of works offered and focuses on the Average Sale Price level per artwork.

Analysis reflected in the chart:
Rising average sale prices indicate growing collector confidence and a stronger willingness to pay higher amounts per work. Assuming the mix of mediums remains relatively stable over time, the proportion of works on paper typically priced lower than works on canvas adds important context to understanding these market movements.

Square Inch Rate Trend

The Square Inch Rate normalizes prices by the size of each artwork, showing the average sale value per square inch over time.
This allows fair comparisons between smaller works and larger canvases.

Analysis reflected in the chart:
The Square Inch Rate shown in the graph combines various medium types such as canvas, paper, board, and others. Historically, works on canvas and board have broadly commanded higher prices compared to works on paper.

  1. 1950

    1. Silver Medal, 59th Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India
  2. 1957

    1. Young Asian Artist Award, Tokyo, Japan
  3. 1965

    1. Award, National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
  4. 1971

    1. Padmashri, Government of India
  5. 1974

    1. Prix Nationale, Festival International de la Peinture, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
  6. 1990

    1. Kalidas Samman, Government of Madhya Pradesh, India

Research Centre

V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Inhabitant of a Strange Land, 1943, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Inhabitant of a Strange Land, 1943 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1948, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1948 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), From Village To The City, 1948, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). From Village To The City, 1948 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1949 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled (Girl Sleeping), 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled (Girl Sleeping), circa late 1940s | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled (Landscape); Untitled (verso), 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled (Landscape); Untitled (verso), 1949 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1949 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1949 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1950, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1950 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1951, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1951 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Bird Series, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Bird Series, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Portrait of Bhanu Rajapadhya, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Portrait of Bhanu Rajapadhya, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1953, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1953 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1953, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, circa 1953 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1953, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1953 | Painting
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Albano Francisco Couto (Essayist), Gaitonde, 1954, Essay
Couto, Albano Francisco (Essayist). Gaitonde. In Marg. 8(1). December 1954 | Essay | 00668828
P.V. Janakiram (Editor), Artrends, 1966, Bulletin
Janakiram, P.V. (Editor). Artrends, July-October 1965 | Bulletin | 00842096
P.R. Ramachandra Rao (Author), Contemporary Indian Art, 1969, Authored Book
Rao, P.R. Ramachandra (Author). Contemporary Indian Art, 1969 | Authored Book | 00845457
Indian Art Since the Early 40s, 1974, Edited Book
Indian Art Since the Early 40s, 1974 | Edited Book | 00845915
Ratan Parimoo (Author), Studies in Modern Indian Art, 1975, Authored Book
Parimoo, Ratan (Author). Studies in Modern Indian Art, 1975 | Authored Book | 00845450
Pria Karunakar (Essayist), V. S. Gaitonde, 1975, Essay
Karunakar, Pria (Essayist). V. S. Gaitonde. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 19 & 20 . April-September 1975 | Essay | 00795731
Geeta Kapur (Author), Contemporary Indian Artists, 1979, Authored Book
Kapur, Geeta (Author). Contemporary Indian Artists, 1979 | Authored Book | 00845437
D.C. Ghose (Author), Bibliography of Modern Indian Art, 1980, Authored Book
Ghose, D.C. (Author). Bibliography of Modern Indian Art, 1980 | Authored Book | 00845431
Ram Chatterjee (Editor), Indian Painting Today 1981, 1981, Edited Book
Chatterjee, Ram (Editor). Indian Painting Today 1981, 1981 | Edited Book | 00845951
Festival of India (Compiler), Contemporary Indian Art, 1982, Group Exhibition Catalogue
Festival of India (Compiler), Akbar Padamsee, Richard Bartholomew and Geeta Kapur (Curator). Contemporary Indian Art, 1982 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883496
National Gallery of Modern Art (Organiser), Modern Indian Paintings, 1982, Group Exhibition Catalogue
National Gallery of Modern Art (Organiser) and Laxmi P. Sihare (Curator). Modern Indian Paintings, 1982 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883480
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Gaitonde, 1983, Solo Exhibition Catalogue
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist) and Amit Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Assistant Editor). Gaitonde, 1983 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00883112
R.L. Bartholomew (Editor), Gaitonde, 1983, Edited Book
Bartholomew, R.L. (Editor). Gaitonde, 1983 | Edited Book | 00845983
Jehangir Art Gallery (Organiser), Thirty Indian Artists, 1985, Group Exhibition Catalogue
Jehangir Art Gallery (Organiser). Thirty Indian Artists, 1985 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883563
Christie's (Auction House), Contemporary Indian Art (Charity Auction), 1987, Auction Catalogue
Christie's (Auction House). Contemporary Indian Art (Charity Auction). 20 December 1987 | Auction Catalogue | 00861836
Ram Chatterjee (Editor), Indian Drawing Today 1987, 1987, Edited Book
Chatterjee, Ram (Editor). Indian Drawing Today 1987, 1987 | Edited Book | 00846025
Contemporary Indian Art, 1993, Edited Book
Contemporary Indian Art, 1993 | Edited Book | 00846108
Electoral Roll, 1993, Edited Book
Electoral Roll, 1993 | Edited Book | 00846109
Caroline Turner (Editor), Tradition and Change, 1993, Edited Book
Turner, Caroline (Editor). Tradition and Change, 1993 | Edited Book | 00846112
A.S. Raman (Author), Critical Vision, 1993, Authored Book
Raman, A.S. (Author). Critical Vision, 1993 | Authored Book | 00845455
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V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Inhabitant of a Strange Land, 1943, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Inhabitant of a Strange Land, 1943 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1948, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1948 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), From Village To The City, 1948, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). From Village To The City, 1948 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1949 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled (Girl Sleeping), 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled (Girl Sleeping), circa late 1940s | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled (Landscape); Untitled (verso), 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled (Landscape); Untitled (verso), 1949 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1949 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1949, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1949 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1950, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1950 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1951, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1951 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Bird Series, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Bird Series, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Portrait of Bhanu Rajapadhya, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Portrait of Bhanu Rajapadhya, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1952, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1952 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1953, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1953 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1953, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, circa 1953 | Painting
V.S. Gaitonde (Artist), Untitled, 1953, Painting
Gaitonde, V.S. (Artist). Untitled, 1953 | Painting
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Indian Art Since the Early 40s, 1974, Edited Book
Indian Art Since the Early 40s, 1974 | Edited Book | 00845915
Ratan Parimoo (Author), Studies in Modern Indian Art, 1975, Authored Book
Parimoo, Ratan (Author). Studies in Modern Indian Art, 1975 | Authored Book | 00845450
Geeta Kapur (Author), Contemporary Indian Artists, 1979, Authored Book
Kapur, Geeta (Author). Contemporary Indian Artists, 1979 | Authored Book | 00845437
Festival of India (Compiler), Contemporary Indian Art, 1982, Group Exhibition Catalogue
Festival of India (Compiler), Akbar Padamsee, Richard Bartholomew and Geeta Kapur (Curator). Contemporary Indian Art, 1982 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883496
R.L. Bartholomew (Editor), Gaitonde, 1983, Edited Book
Bartholomew, R.L. (Editor). Gaitonde, 1983 | Edited Book | 00845983
Caroline Turner (Editor), Tradition and Change, 1993, Edited Book
Turner, Caroline (Editor). Tradition and Change, 1993 | Edited Book | 00846112
Bina Sarkar Ellias (Editor), Fifty Years of Indian Art, 1997, Edited Book
Ellias, Bina Sarkar (Editor). Fifty Years of Indian Art, 1997 | Edited Book | 00846173
G.M. Sheikh (Editor), Contemporary Art in Baroda, 1997, Edited Book
Sheikh, G.M. (Editor). Contemporary Art in Baroda, 1997 | Edited Book | 00846171
Anupa Mehta (Editor), The Jehangir Nicholson Collection, 1998, Edited Book
Mehta, Anupa (Editor). The Jehangir Nicholson Collection, 1998 | Edited Book | 00846188
Yashodhara Dalmia (Author), The Making of Modern Indian Art, 2001, Authored Book
Dalmia, Yashodhara (Author). The Making of Modern Indian Art, 2001 | Authored Book | 00845422
Yashodhara Dalmia (Editor), Contemporary Indian Art, 2002, Edited Book
Dalmia, Yashodhara (Editor). Contemporary Indian Art, 2002 | Edited Book | 00846259
Gallery Chemould (Organiser), Crossing Generations, 2003, Group Exhibition Catalogue
Gallery Chemould (Organiser), Geeta Kapur and Shireen Gandhy (Curator). Crossing Generations, 2003 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883487
Nina Martyris (Writer), Sher-Gil, Gaitonde Sparkle, 2006, Newspaper clipping
Martyris, Nina (Writer). Sher-Gil, Gaitonde Sparkle, 07 March 2006 | Newspaper clipping | 00635323
Yashodhara Dalmia (Author), Memory, Metaphor, Mutations, 2007, Authored Book
Dalmia, Yashodhara (Author). Memory, Metaphor, Mutations, 2007 | Authored Book | 00845423
Rati Bartholomew (Editor), Richard Bartholomew, 2012, Edited Book
Bartholomew, Rati (Editor). Richard Bartholomew, 2012 | Edited Book | 00846403
DAG (Organiser), A Visual History of Indian Modern Art, 2015, Group Exhibition Catalogue
DAG (Organiser) and Kishore Singh (Curator). A Visual History of Indian Modern Art, 2015 | Group Exhibition Catalogue | 00883455
Sandhini Poddar (Author), V. S. Gaitonde, 2016, Authored Book
Poddar, Sandhini (Author). V. S. Gaitonde, 2016 | Authored Book | 00845320
Shruti Parthasarathy (Editor), KB Goel, 2020, Edited Book
Parthasarathy, Shruti (Editor). KB Goel, 2020 | Edited Book | 00846485

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                          Singh, Kishore (Editor). Indian Abstracts - An Absence of Form. New Delhi: DAG, 2014 | Edited Book | FineArts | 00846425
                          Kishore Singh (Editor)
                          TitleIndian Abstracts - An Absence of Form
                          Contributor(s)Shruti Parthasarathy, Abhilasha Ojha , Durgaprasad Chowdhury
                          Document TypeEdited Book
                          PublisherDAG, New Delhi
                          Date of Publication2014
                          First Edition2014
                          Pages411
                          BindingHardbound
                          LanguageEnglish
                          ISBN9789381217405
                          Keywordsambadas | amitava-das | s-k-bakre | authored-edited-books | book-bka | library

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