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Jamini Roy
(1887 - 1972)

Untitled



Jamini Roy's works are venerated for his significant style that was developed through accentuating the linear expression of Indian folk art. His artistic journey began at the age of 16 when his father sent him to the Government School of Art in Calcutta in 1906. This led to Roy initially producing works that adhered to his training in the British Academic style of painting - works that showed the influence of Vincent Van Gogh and other...



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  Lot 2 of 75  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
17 SEPTEMBER 2022

Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 9,60,000
$12,075

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Jamini Roy
Untitled

Signed in Bengali (lower right)
Tempera on cardboard pasted on mount board
16.25 x 11.25 in (41 x 28.3 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE

PROVENANCE
From the Collection of General Meneses, New Delhi (Mr Meneses was a general in the Indian army and a collector of such works in the 1950s)
Thence by descent
Private Collection, London
Private Collection, New Delhi

PUBLISHED
Kishore Singh ed., Ghare Baire: The World, The Home and Beyond, 18th-20th Century Art in Bengal, New Delhi: DAG, 2020, p. 121 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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