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

SEEDS OF MODERNISM 113 76 ANANDA K. COOMARASWAMY (1877 - 1947) Catalogue of the Indian Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Vol. I-VI) Boston: Museum of Fine Arts 1923-30. Rs. 75,000 - 100,000 $ 1,595 - 2,130 77 ANANDA K COOMARASWAMY (1877 - 1947) Portfolio of Indian Art. Boston : Museum of Fine Arts 1924 30.0 x 22.0 cm Rs. 35,000 - 50,000 $ 745 - 1,065 A six part book of four volumes (Part III was never published) Cover( for all the volumes) : Brown paper cover with cloth spine. Title of the book and the author as a label pasted on the spine. Volume 1- Parts I & II General Introduction & Sculpture , 1923 Size : 30.0 x 22.4 cm. pp150/ 86 monochrome plates Condition of book: Good. Volume 2 - Part IV Jaina Paintings and Manuscripts , 1924 Size: 30.0 x 22.0 cm. pp77/ 39 plates Condition of book: Good, but there are water stains on the bottom corner of all pages. Volume 3 - Part V Rajput Painting , 1926 Size : 30.0 x 22.3 cm. pp272 /131 plates Condition of book : Good. Volume 4 - Part VI Mughal Painting , 1930 Size: 30 x 22.2 cm. pp114/ 74 plates Condition of book : Good. Cover : Greyish brown cloth cover with gold tooling of title, author & publisher. Frontispiece: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Portfolio of Indian Art . Objects selected from the Collections of the museum with a Descriptive text by Ananda.K. Coomaraswamy, D.Sc., London. (Keeper of Indian and Muhammadan Art at the Museum). Binding : This book is not bound at any end and it constitutes loose leaves cut and held together by the cover as a folio. 108 Monchrome Illustrations with corresponding text. Condition of book: Good, cover damaged slightly near the spine and a few pin-holes on the cover.