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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 69 of 120  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
12-13 JUNE 2019

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$15,600
Rs 10,76,400

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne
Untitled

Signed and dated in Bengali (lower right)
2003
Pastel on paper
16.25 x 15.5 in (41.5 x 39.5 cm)

PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 10-11 May 2006, lot 70
Property from a Private Collection, UAE

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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