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Binode Behari Mukherjee
(1904 - 1980)

Untitled (Nepal Temple Series)



Born in 1904, Binode Behari Mukherjee joined the Vishwa Bharti University and Kala Bhavan at Santiniketan, in 1919. He had Nandalal Bose and poet-Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore for gurus, and he spent his most creative phase at the institute. He joined his alma mater as an art teacher in 1925. Mukherjee ultimately left Santiniketan in 1949 and moved to Delhi.

In between, Mukherjee worked as a curator for the Nepal government...



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  Lot 70 of 160  

SPRING ONLINE AUCTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART AND ANTIQUITIES
6-7 APRIL 2022

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Rs 4,27,500
$5,700

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Binode Behari Mukherjee
Untitled (Nepal Temple Series)

Dated indistinctly, signed and inscribed in Bengali (lower right)
Circa 1940s
Watercolour and ink on paper
7.75 x 5 in (19.5 x 13 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired from DAG, New Delhi
Property of a Gentleman, New Delhi

PUBLISHED
Kishore Singh ed., The Art of Santiniketan, New Delhi: DAG, 2015, p. 287 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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