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

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 156 131 SOMALAL SHAH (1905 — 84) Villagers Going to Market Watercolour on paper, early 1950s 32.5 x 47.6 cm. (12.8 x 18.7”) Rs. 75,000 – 125,000 $ 1,595 – 2,660 132 KUMAR MANGALSINHJI (1915 — 1985) Kotah Hunting Scene Signed in English, l.l. Gouache on paper, late 1940s 40.7 x 71.4 cm. (16.0 x 28.1”) “The sheer inventiveness with which the human form is transfigured into formalized patterns raises the works at times to a high level of decorative abstraction.. . The vigour and dynamism of the folk painting comes across largely through the sturdy, unfettered energy of the drawing. The pictorial space seems to throb with the vitality of the movement, to the extent of exuding a sort of aural resonance.” (E. Alkazi, in Art Heritage 13 1993-94 , p7). Rs. 100,000 – 150,000 $ 2,125 – 3,190