| Medium | : | Intaglio |
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| Height | : | 8 inch / 20.3 cm |
| Width | : | 6 inch / 15.2 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 15.2 cm × H: 20.3 cm |
This artwork by K. Laxma Goud, is an intaglio print that reflects his deep engagement with rural life, tradition, and human sensibilities. The composition presents the profile of a woman, her elongated neck and stylized features rendered with striking precision and bold contrasts of light and shadow.
₹75,000.00
Laxma Goud | Untitled | Mixed Media on Paper | 12 x 16 inches | 2020 (Unframed & Delivered)
This artwork by K. Laxma Goud, is an intaglio print that reflects his deep engagement with rural life, tradition, and human sensibilities. The composition presents the profile of a woman, her elongated neck and stylized features rendered with striking precision and bold contrasts of light and shadow. The detailing in her attire—marked by floral patterns and textured fabric—along with the decorative headpiece, highlights Goud’s sensitivity to ornamentation and cultural identity. The strong profile, with its sharp gaze and dignified bearing, conveys both strength and quiet grace, embodying the artist’s recurring exploration of feminine presence in his works. Executed with a masterful balance of line and texture, the intaglio technique enhances the depth and richness of the image, giving it a tactile quality that resonates with his earthy, narrative-driven style. This print not only celebrates beauty and individuality but also reflects Goud’s ability to fuse tradition with modernist aesthetics, making his art both intimate and timeless.
Born in Nizampur in Andhra Pradesh on 21 August 1940, K. Laxma Goud obtained a Diploma in painting and drawing from the Government College of Fine Arts and Architecture in Hyderabad in 1963.
Goud followed it up with a post-diploma in mural painting and printmaking from Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. The shift to Baroda made him sensitive to the uniqueness of his rural heritage. By the late 1960s, he had evolved a distinct style that reflected a pan-natural sexuality seen in terms of spontaneous, uninhibited passions, unfettered by the puritanical ethics of the urban middle class — he was able to embed his childhood memories and rural vivacity within an urban framework.
Erotic indulgence highlighted by the intermingling of male and female, vegetal and animal forms, along with a direct rural simplicity, charged his works with palpable sensuousness. His later works, however, are more introspective, and are executed in softer forms and colours.
A master draughtsman, Goud has excelled in a variety of mediums — watercolour, gouache, dry pastels, clay, and metal. He has exhibited widely in India and abroad; notable exhibitions include solo shows in Mumbai and Delhi at various venues, and a retrospective in 2007 in New York. His work is part of prominent collections such as the Masanori Fukuoka and Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan, and The Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C. He won the Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Akademi’s award in 1962 and from 1966-71, among other honours from various institutions. He lives and works in Hyderabad.
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| Dimensions | 40.64 × 30.48 cm |
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