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Hemendranath Mazumdar
(1894 - 1948)

Untitled (Portrait of Mrs Sinha)



Born in 1894 in Kishoreganj (now in Bangladesh), Hemendranath Mazumdar heralded and reasserted the importance of academic figurative art at a time when the style was strongly being challenged by the Bengal School which dominated the art scene at the beginning of the 20th century. He went against his family’s wishes to pursue an education in art and joined the Government College of Art, Calcutta, in 1910, but left shortly after with...



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  Lot 26 of 78  

EVENING SALE: MODERN ART
16 SEPTEMBER 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 33,60,000
$40,482

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Hemendranath Mazumdar
Untitled (Portrait of Mrs Sinha)

Signed 'H MAZUMDAR' (faintly visible, lower left)
Oil on canvas
25.5 x 21.25 in (64.8 x 54 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired from Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
Property from the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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