Important Notice

TITLE: Masterpieces of Rajput Painting
SUB-TITLE: Selected annotated and described in relation to original Hindi texts from Religious Literature, with an Introduction
EDITOR: O C Gangoly
PUBLISHER: Rupam
PLACE: Calcutta
YEAR: 1926
EDITION: 70 from a limited edition of 210 copies
BINDING: Hardbound in a portfolio box
NO.OF PAGES: 116 along with 28 tipped-in colour plates and 24 hand-made photogravures
SIZE: 18.1 in (46 cm) high


Professor Ordhendra Coomar Gangoly (1881-1974), a leading authority on Indian art, was one of the founders of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, which was established in Calcutta in 1907. Gangoly was Honorary Secretary to the Society for several years, and subsequently became its Vice President. It was during this time that he published Rupam, an illustrated quarterly journal of Indian art which was in circulation between 1920 and 1930. Gangoly "... was the author of many pioneering works on Indian art, music and culture. Masterpieces of Rajput Painting, 1926 and Ragas and Raginis, 1935 are two of his most highly regarded publications." (Critical Collective, online) The present lot, Masterpieces of Rajput Painting, is rare to find, and features carefully selected paintings.

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