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Ganesh Pyne
(1937 - 2013)

Head of a Man



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 43 of 121  

FROM CLASSICAL TO CONTEMPORARY
6-7 DECEMBER 2017

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$8,400
Rs 5,37,600

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne
Head of a Man

Signed and dated in Bengali (lower right)
1991
Mixed media on paper
9.5 x 7.75 in (24.4 x 19.8 cm)

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

PUBLISHED:
Ranjit Hoskote ed.,Ganesh Pyne: A Pilgrim in the Dominion of Shadows, Mumbai: Galerie 88, 2005, p. 91 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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