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

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 134 101 GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE (1867 - 1938) National Art Treasure Randhashala in Puri Temple Watercolour & wash on paper, mid 1910s 23.3 x 18.4 cm. (9.2 x 7.2”) “Not only did he use watercolour in the frank European manner, he brought in light and shade, chiaroscuro. What was more, his objects and figures cast their own shadows on the picture itself, quite novel in Indian painting.” (Asok Mitra, LKC 2 Dec.1964 , p.10). Rs. 250,000 – 325,000 Non-Exportable Item PAPR Lot 13 HT.Mum/ 15.11.97 Randhashala in Puri Temple Estimates: Rs. 145,000 - 175,000