American & European Art 
18 May 2023
American & European Art 
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Sakti Burman b.1935

Untitled

1966
watercolor on paper 19 h × 25 w in (48 × 63 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $3,024
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Signed and dated to lower edge ‘Sakti Burman 66’.

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A sensation from the outside world suddenly hits me, upsets me. My feelings grow to such an extent that I find it necessary to give them a form in order to free myself from them. A painting is for me, an explanation that I owe myself. Silence and meditation have opened to me a world where nothing is impossible. I am suddenly conscious of a new life-force that compels me to express myself and define what I see. Next comes the joy of work, the pleasure of handling colors which fascinate me. My love of life seems complete only when I have put it down on my canvas. It is an intense joy.

Sakti Burman

Artist statement, Indian Painters in Paris, Lalit Kala Contemporary 4, New Delhi, 1966, p. 12

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