Osian's Auction Catalogue India The Passionate Detachment | February 2001

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 98 52 ABANINDRANATH TAGORE (1871 - 1951) National Art Treasure Abanindra Number Visvabharti Quarterly 1942 Original sketch on Frontispiece, S/d in Bengali as Sri Abanindranath Thakur Pen & Ink, 12-1-51. Rs. 35,000 - 60,000 Non-Exportable Item 53 ABANINDRANATH TAGORE (1871 — 1951) National Art Treasure Portrait Signed with seal in Bengali, l.r. Watercolor & mixed media on paper, early 1920s 13.0 x 9.8 cm. (5.1 x 3.9”) “ He (Abanindranath) has, indeed, effected a fusion of western and oriental techniques and evolved a new style of painting. The problem of absorbing the western technique without detriment to the character of their own art tradition, has been a serious one to the modern artists, not only in India but also in China and Japan. The success with which Abanindranath solved it is perhaps unique in the history of modern oriental art.” (B.B.Mukherjee, in Abanindranath Tagore 1951 , p19). Rs. 175,000 - 250,000 Non-Exportable Item