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Ganesh Pyne
(1937 - 2013)

The Bird



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 52 of 140  

WINTER ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART AND COLLECTIBLES
9-10 DECEMBER 2020

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$9,000
Rs 6,57,000

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne
The Bird

Signed and dated in Bengali (lower right)
1976
Mixed media on paper
6.75 x 7.75 in (17 x 20 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist, October 1976
Sotheby's, London, 17 June 1998, lot 132
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, London

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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