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

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 122 89 SAMARENDRANATH GUPTA (1887 - 1964) a. Two Princesses Signed in English, l.r. Etching, mid 1940s 34.7 x 27.3 cm. (13.7 x 10.7”) b. Women at the Watertank Signed in English, l.r. Etching, mid 1940s 19.2 x 17.1 cm. (7.6 x 6.7”) c. Kashmir Landscape Signed in English, l.r. Etching, mid 1940s 17.4 x 26.7 cm. (6.9 x 10.5”) Rs. 100,000 - 150,000 $ 2,130 - 3,190 (Set of 3) a b c Refer to A.Ghose & G.Haloi ExC. 1997 for illustrations of Samarendranath Gupta’s etchings. “Gupta had good taste & a sense of design that was refined and based on sound craftsmanship. He was a painter of reputation of his time. Trained in the Bengal School style & deeply influenced by the revivalist movement, he did not hesitate to make excursions into the technical aspects of Western Painting. At a later stage, he broke away from his earlier predilections and along with Mukul Dey did pioneering work of sufficient merit and competence in the field of graphic art. His etchings, dry points and aquatints were imaginatively composed and delicately handled. Infact, the importance attached today in reviving & revitalizing the handicrafts and cottage industries had its genesis some thirty five years ago at the school of Arts at Lahore under his able guidance.” (B.C.Sanyal, Rooplekha XXXIV, No.182 1964 , p61-2).