| Medium | : | Intaglio |
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| Height | : | 12 inch / 30.5 cm |
| Width | : | 8 inch / 20.3 cm |
| Surface | : | Paper |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 20.3 cm × H: 30.5 cm |
| Year | : | 2022 |
A beautifully crafted intaglio print by K. Laxma Goud, this untitled portrait combines intricate detailing with a sense of quiet elegance. Adorned with traditional jewelry and patterned textiles, the figure embodies grace, cultural memory, and individuality, making the artwork both visually captivating and emotionally resonant.
K. Laxma Goud | Untitled | Intaglio | 12 x 8 inches | 2022
This captivating intaglio print by K. Laxma Goud presents a striking portrait that blends elegance, tradition, and quiet mystery. Rendered in Goud’s distinctive graphic style, the figure emerges against a luminous golden-toned background, her profile defined by bold contrasts of light and shadow. The elongated features, expressive eye, and carefully detailed adornments create a presence that feels both timeless and deeply personal.
The subject is adorned with layered necklaces, earrings, and patterned garments, each element etched with remarkable precision. These details celebrate the richness of rural and folk traditions, themes that have long been central to Goud’s artistic practice. The stylized composition transcends simple portraiture, becoming a poetic reflection on identity, memory, and cultural heritage.
The restrained palette enhances the artwork’s emotional depth, allowing texture and form to take center stage. There is a quiet dignity in the figure’s gaze and posture, inviting viewers to imagine the stories, experiences, and traditions she carries with her. Through masterful linework and subtle symbolism, Goud transforms a solitary portrait into an evocative celebration of individuality and cultural roots.
As an intaglio print, the work showcases the artist’s exceptional command of printmaking techniques, resulting in rich textures and delicate tonal variations that reward close observation.
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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