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

ABSTACT-FIGURATIVE DILEMMA 213 217 ANUNAYA CHAUBEY (b.1964) Temple Scene S/d in English, l.r. Oil on canvas, 1997 104.7 x 175.3 cm. (41.2 x 69.0”) 216 NAINA KANODIA (b.1950) Morning Ritual Signed in English, l.l. Oil on canvas, 1999 91.0 x 106.9 cm. (35.8 x 42.1”) Rs. 75,000 - 125,000 $ 1,595 - 2,660 Morning Ritual. Colour Illustration, JAG ExC. 1999 . “ Naina Kanodia, one of the few adherents of the art of naïve painting in India has established a rare niche for herself in this very particular mode… her work typifies the best characteristics of the genre — the air of whimsy, the flat, bright polished surfaces and the extraordinary plethora of intricately worked detail,… which while free of formal influences, is extremely tightly knit.” (Anjolie Ela Menon, from JAG ExC . 1999 ). Rs. 50,000 –75,000 $ 1,065 –1,595