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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 30 of 75  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
10 SEPTEMBER 2015

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Winning Bid
Rs 9,60,000
$14,769

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne
Untitled

a) Signed and dated in Bengali '93' (lower right); inscribed 'GANESH PYNE' (on the reverse)
b) Signed and dated in Bengali '97' (lower right)
a) 1993 b) 1997
a) Watercolour and pen on paper pasted on board
b) Watercolour, pen and ink on card paper
a) 6.5 x 4.5 in (16.5 x 11.4 cm)
b) 4 x 6 in (10.1 x 15.2 cm)

(Set of two)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
Thence by descent
An Important Private Collection, India

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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