THE SINGING LINE
Signed copy by K. K. Hebbar on title page
Drawings by K. K. Hebbar
Words by Mulk Raj Anand.
Bombay: Peacock Publications
1964/ FIRST EDITION.
pp. 9 essay on yellow pages + 26 line drawings each printed on one side of the page.
Hard cover
In 1964, Mulk Raj Anand published The Singing Line which illustrated Hebbar's drawings of dancers and musicians. 'Not bound by his training in classical anatomy of perspective, and eliminating details, the artisttried to express here the rhythm of line, aiming, as he succinctly put it, "to achieve the maximum with the minimum lines"' (ibid.). Indeed Hebbar greatly appreciated music and in paintings like this elevated it to a spiritual status.- extracted fromthe book.
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