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Gaganendranath Tagore
(1867 - 1938)

Megher Khela



Born on 18 September 1867, into the Tagore family in Kolkata, Gaganendranath Tagore as a self-taught artist and nephew of the great poet and nationalist Rabindranath Tagore.

Gaganendranath had very little formal education; in fact he had a very short spell at the St Xavier's School where he took a brief interest in drawing and painting and a briefer still one in academic studies. His interest in life and later art, was limited to, and...



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  Lot 23 of 70  

MODERN EVENING SALE | MUMBAI, LIVE
12 FEBRUARY 2015

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 16,80,000
$27,541

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Gaganendranath Tagore
Megher Khela

Initialed in Bengali (lower right)
Watercolour on paper
6.5 x 10 in (16.5 x 25.4 cm)

NATIONAL ART TREASURE - NON-EXPORTABLE

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from the artist's family
Private Collection, Mumbai

PUBLISHED:
Shree Gaganendranth Tagore (Thakur), ed: Partha Chattopadhyay (Thakur), Sahitya Bharti Publication Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata, 2012

Category: Painting
Style: Landscape


 









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