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Ganesh Pyne
(1937 - 2013)

The Joker



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 11 of 85  

SUMMER AUCTION 2009
10-11 JUNE 2009

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 9,18,850
$19,550

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne
The Joker

Signed and dated in Bengali (lower right)
1997
Tempera on handmade paper
10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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