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

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 146 117 LALU PRASAD SHAW (b.1937) a. Cobra S/d in English, l.r. Coloured Etching, 1969 29.2 x 23.2 cm. (11.5 x 9.1”) b. Untitled S/d in English, l.r. Intaglio, 1970 29.3 x 21.9 cm. (11.5 x 8.6”) c. Untitled S/d in English, l.r. Intaglio, 1975 54.4 x 51.0 cm. (21.6 x 20.4”) d. Untitled Signed in English, l.r. Linocut, 1976 57.4 x 35.3 cm. (23.0 x 14.1”) Rs. 50,000 – 75,000 $ 1,065 – 1,595 (Set of 4) a b c “Lalu Prosad Shaw has been interested in graphic art since 1969... Gifted with an eye for composition, Shaw has made steady progress. To him there is nothing accidental in etching... of late Shaw has begun doing what he calls ‘collage diamonds’. He creates a series of rectangles on a plate and on another, diamond-shaped crystals in relief. The prints taken from both the plates thus produce the characteristics of a collage based on a skillfully designed geometrical pattern.” (Kali Biswas, in LKC # 18 September 1974 , p43).