**Sayed Haider Raza
1922-2016 (Indian)

1922-2016 (Indian)
Tarpan, 1998
acrylic on canvas
h:100 w:100 cm.
signed and dated lower right, signed, dated, titled and inscribed in Hindi on the reverse

Provenance: Artsit's studio.
Private collection, France, acquired directly from the artist in 1998.

Other Notes: Accompanied by a certifcate issued by The Raza Foundation- Gorbio, the Estate of Sayed Haider Raza, dated November 2, 2018, numbered 198, archive numbere RF 1198.

Current owner is recalling that during their visit to Master SH Raza studio, artist explained the importance of this work - Tarpan is the name of a Hindu ritual of making offerings to a deceased person. Each year families repeat this ritual - it believed to guarantee peace and happiness to the soul of the deceased. According to the artist the black color represents "mother color" from which all the other shades and tones are born. As the day emerges from the night, color and light emerge from the darkness.
Also this painting is recalling his series entitled 'la Terre' which corresponds to a key period of the artist's work and which illustrates his progress towards total abstraction and geometry stemming from the precepts of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy.

Location: Europe.

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