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Jamini Roy
(1887 - 1972)

Untitled (Christ)



Born in 1887 in a small village in Beliatore, Bankura district, West Bengal, Jamini Roy joined the Government School of Art, Kolkata in 1903. He began his career by painting in the Post-Impressionist genre of landscapes and portraits, very much in keeping with his training in a British academic system. Yet, by 1925, Roy had begun experimenting along the lines of popular bazaar paintings sold outside the Kalighat temple in Kolkata. By the early...



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  Lot 27 of 70  

MODERN EVENING SALE | MUMBAI, LIVE
12 FEBRUARY 2015

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Winning Bid
Rs 31,20,000
$51,148

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Jamini Roy
Untitled (Christ)

Signed in Bengali (lower right)
Tempera on cloth pasted on board
35 x 15 in (88.9 x 38.1 cm)

NATIONAL ART TREASURE - NON-EXPORTABLE

PROVENANCE:
Bose Pacia Gallery, New York
Private Collector, North India

EXHIBITED AND PUBLISHED:
Manifestations IX, ed: Kishore Singh, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2012

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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