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Ganesh Pyne
(1937 - 2013)




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 92 of 130  

SPRING ONLINE AUCTION
13-14 MARCH 2024

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Ganesh Pyne


a) Untitled (Man)
Pen and ink on paper
4.25 x 3.75 in (11 x 9.5 cm)

b) Untitled (Woman)
Signed in Bengali (lower right)
Pen, ink and pastel on paper
4.5 x 4.5 in (11.5 x 11.5 cm)

(Set of two)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist in India
Private Collection, Germany
Private Collection, New Delhi

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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