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Ganesh Pyne
(1937 - 2013)

Untitled



Ganesh Pyne is obsessed with death. He can't forget his first brush with death, in the summer of 1946, when communal riots had rocked Kolkata. His family was forced out of their crumbling mansion. As he roamed around the city, he stumbled upon a pile of dead bodies. On the top was the body of a stark naked old woman, with wounds on her breast. No wonder then his paintings rarely has light backgrounds, and blue and black happens to be his...



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  Lot 78 of 105  

MODERN MASTERS ON PAPER: LIVE AUCTION
2 DECEMBER 2014

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Winning Bid
Rs 4,20,000
$7,000

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne
Untitled

Signed and dated in Bengali (centre right) and dated in English (centre right)
1996
Pen and ink and coloured pencil on paper
11 x 7.5 in (27.9 x 19 cm)

PROVENANCE:
A Private Collection, Mumbai

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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