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

SEEDS OF MODERNISM 101 56 JAMINI ROY (1887 - 1972) National Art Treasure Children Playing in the Sea Initials in English, l.r. Mixed media on paper, late 1920s 28.7 x 34.1 cm. (11.3 x 13.4”) Rs. 200,000 - 275,000 Non-Exportable Item 57 JAMINI ROY (1887 - 1972) National Art Treasure Boatscape Initials in English, l.r. Oil on canvas, late 1920s 45.6 x 60.9 cm. (18.0 x 24.0) Rs. 350,000 - 425,000 Non-Exportable Item “ …(unlike) the Impressionist painters Jamini Roy never used black in his landscapes. He used ultramarine or prussian blue instead. Since he began his landscapes with these blues, the other colours of the painitngs too had to be set to the same scale. These pictures have been enriched by the unrestricted application of the brush and colours in small scale works of the artist of our country?.” (Paritosh Sen, rpt. in CMC Art Gallery ExC . 1991). PAPR Lot 162 So.Lon/ 17.06.99 High Plateau Gouache on card 44.5 x 59 cm. ASP: £ 7,000/Rs. 478,100 (£1 = Rs. 68.30)