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Ganesh Pyne
(1937 - 2013)




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 19 of 119  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
6-7 JUNE 2017

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Winning Bid
$12,000
Rs 7,68,000

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne


a) Baul
Signed and dated in Bengali (lower left) and bearing a label with the title, signed and dated in Bengali by the artist on the hardboard (on the reverse)
2005
Watercolour and pastel on paper
12 x 9 in (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

b) Young Baul
Signed and dated in Bengali (lower left) and bearing a label with the title, signed and dated in Bengali by the artist on the hardboard (on the reverse)
2005
Watercolour and pastel on paper
12 x 9 in (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

(Set of two)

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Galerie 88, Kolkata
Property from an Important Private Collection, UK

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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