A trained painter known for his wide range of prints—lithographs, intaglio prints, collographs, etc.—Lalu Prasad Shaw fluctuated between abstraction as a printmaker and the figurative style of a miniaturist as a painter. It’s in the style of the Mughal miniatures that he makes this Untitled (Portrait) work, especially evident in the flat background. The portrait seems to be of a young Muslim woman who is not hesitant at throwing back the veil of her burqa to look straight into the eyes of the beholder.
Lalu Prasad Shaw
Untitled (Portrait)
1990
Tempera on mount board pasted on mount board
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Lalu Prasad Shaw
Untitled (Portrait)
1990
Tempera on mount board pasted on mount board
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