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Bikash Bhattacharjee
(1940 - 2006)

Boy from Simla



Bikash Bhattacharjee’s canvases capture reality through a humanist lens, though his imagery goes beyond realistic representation to create a sense of strangeness as seen in the present lot. His figures rely on the honest expressions conveyed through their eyes, which are regarded as essential elements- “An eye contact between the viewer and the viewed figure establishes the channel through which empathy and understanding can follow, an entering...



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  Lot 25 of 78  

EVENING SALE: MODERN ART
16 SEPTEMBER 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 66,00,000
$79,518

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Bikash Bhattacharjee
Boy from Simla

Inscribed "'Boy from Simla"' (on the reverse)
1982
Oil on canvas pasted on board
32.25 x 32.25 in (82 x 82 cm)

The present lot bears an inscription on the reverse, signed and dated "Parbati Bhattacharjee (wife)/ 17.7.06." and states "This is an original painting by my husband Shri Bikash Bhattacharjee."

PROVENANCE
Property from the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection

EXHIBITED
Bikash: Beauty & Bengal - A Selection of Works from 1950-2000, Mumbai: The Arts Trust, 20 October - 20 November 2022

PUBLISHED
Marta Jakimowicz-Karle, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Bangalore: Kala Yatra, 1991, p. 31 (illustrated)
Sona Datta, "The Paradox of Modernism: Art in Bengal After Independence," Rob Dean, Giles Tillotson eds., Modern Indian Painting: Jane & Kito de Boer Collection, Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2019, p. 176 (illustrated)
Bikash: Beauty & Bengal - A Selection of Works from 1950-2000, Mumbai: The Arts Trust, 2022, p. 93 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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