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

37 Explanation of Cataloguing Terms Any statement of authorship, attribution, provenance, origin, date, age and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. Osian’s, reserve the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable. 1. The term Signed and Dated (S/d) and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist. FORMAT for Auction Lot Caption in Session One to Four (Lots 1 - 219) Lot Number ARTIST NAME Title Signature & date details Medium, Date Size in centimetres (in inches) Lower & Upper Price Estimates in rupees Lower & Upper Price estimates in $ (only for Exportable items) 2. For paintings the dimensions are given height before width in centimentres. (For Modern Art dimensions are also given in inches). 3. Osian’s has presented, where known, condition remarks so as to help the buyer in reaching their evaluations. However these catalogue entries are not intended to fully describe the condition of the property and buyers are advised to inspect the property themselves. Osian’s is pleased to offer Condition Reports upon request wherever relevant. 4. Osian’s has tried to provide the best quality acid-free mounts to works wherever appropriate, and has reframed works from quality framers, wherever possible. PAPR (Previous Auction Pricing Reference) Format Lot No. Auctioneer. Month & Year of Sale Title Medium, Date Size in cms. Selling Price in $ & INR Eg: ($1 = Rs.47) Abbreviations b. born Bo. Bonham’s Auction House b/w black & white c. circa Ch. Christie’s Auction House Ed. Editor ed. edition ExC. Exhibition Catalogue Fig. Figure FP First Published HT HEART p page pp. pages PAPR Previous Auction Pricing Reference Rpt. Reprint s/d signed & dated So. Sotheby’s Auction House Vol. Volume Number BAAC Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta CIMA Centre of International Modern Art, Calcutta CUP Cambridge University Press HEART The Tuli Foundation for Holistic Education and Art ICCR Indian Council for Cultural Relations, N.Delhi INTACH Indian National Trust for Architectural Conservation & Heritage ISOA Indian School of Oriental Art, Calcutta LKA Lalit Kala Akademi RB.LKA Rabindra Bhavan at Lalit Kala Akademi, N.Delhi LKC Lalit Kala Contemporary Journal, N.Delhi NGMA National Gallery of Modern Art OUP Oxford University Press V & A Victoria & Albert Museum, London c.l. centre left c.r. centre right l.c. lower centre l.c.l. lower centre left l.c.r. lower centre right l.l. lower left l.r. lower right t.c. top centre t.c.l. top centre left t.c.r. top centre right t.l. top left t.r. top right