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Lot 71
Ganesh Pyne
(1937 - 2013)

a) The Balcony b) Untitled c) Woman and the flower vase



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 71 of 127  

AUCTION 2003 (MAY)
6-8 MAY 2003

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 3,45,450
$7,350

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne
a) The Balcony b) Untitled c) Woman and the flower vase

Signed in Bengali (lower right)
Ink and pastel on paper
a) 7 x 6.5 in (18 x 16.5 cm)
b) 8 x 7 in (20 x 18 cm)
c) 8 x 7.5 in (20 x 19 cm)

(Set of three)

Category: Drawing
Style: Figurative


 









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