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

40 THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT Session One A Philosophical Framework Lots 1—50 Lot Artist Title & Date Estimates (INR & US$) Stubbornness Absorbs All Else 1 RABINDRANATH TAGORE* Figures, c. 1930 800,000—1,000,000 2 BIREN DE Moon & the Fish, 1958 325,000 — 400,000 $6,915 — 8,510 3 FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA a. Woman & Tree, late 1950s 175,000 —225,000 b. Woman & Two Men, 1959 $ 3,725 — 4,785 c. Head, 1959 (Set of 4) d. Queen, 1961 4 V.S. GAITONDE The Bird, c.1961 1,000,000 - 1,250,000 $ 21,275 - 26,595 5 GANESH PYNE The Bird, 1966 1,250,000 - 1,500,000 $ 26,595 - 31,915 6 AMBADAS Untitled, 1971 150,000 - 200,000 $ 3,190 - 4,255 7 K.RAMANUJAM My Dream World Series, 1972 275,000 - 350,000 $ 5,850 - 7,445 8 C.DOUGLAS Untitled, 1993 75,000 - 125,000 $ 1,595 - 2,660 9 RAMESHWAR BROOTA Man 2000 Series, 2000 500,000 - 600,000 $ 10,640 - 12,765 Inner Will Balancing the Pain 10 SHILPACHARYA ZAINUL ABEDIN Kal Baisakhi Series (Dry Storm), late 1940s 150,000 - 200,000 $ 3,190 - 4,255 11 CHITTAPROSAD Kayyur Hanging, 1947 225,000 - 275,000 $ 4,790 - 5850 12 D.P.ROY CHOWDHURY Demon, early 1950s 2000,000 - 250,000 $ 4,255 - 5,320 13 NIKHIL BISWAS Man & Moon, early 1960s 150,000 - 200,000 $ 2,130 - 3,725 14 NIKHIL BISWAS a. Landscape, early 1950 100,000 - 150,000 b. Woman Preparing Herself, late 1950s $ 2,130 - 3,190 c. Composition for Dance, mid 1950s (Set of 4) d. Man & Horse Series, early 1960s 15 PILLOO POCHKHANAWALA Untitled, 1973 60,000 - 100,000 $ 1,275 - 2,130 16 SOMNATH HORE Family, 1977 100,000 - 150,000 $ 2,130 - 3,190 17 BIKASH BHATTACHARJEE Woman Against Wall, 1990 400,000 - 500,000 $ 8,510 - 10,640 18 VED NAYYAR Mankind 2190 Series, 1990 200,000 - 275,000 $ 4,255 - 5,850 19 SURENDRAN NAIR Man on the Wrong Foot, 1994 75,000 - 125,000 $ 1,595 - 2,660 20 MILBURN CHERIAN Untitled, 1994 50,000 - 75,000 $ 1,065 - 1,595 Idealism Disciplines & is Disciplined by Another Logic 21 GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE* Pratima Visarjan Series, early 1920s 175,000 - 225,000 22 GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE* Darjeeling Landscape Series, early 1920s 425,000 - 500,000 23 SAILOZ MOOKHERJEA* Landscape, mid 1950s 500,000 - 600,000 24 SAILOZ MOOKHERJEA* Rajasthani Belle with Belongings, late 1950s 350,000 - 425,000 25 GOPAL GHOSE Mountainscape, mid 1950s 175,000 - 225,000 $ 3,725 - 4,785 26 SHYAMAL DUTTA RAY The White Rose, early 1960s 225,000 - 275,000 $ 4,785 - 5,850 27 GIEVE PATEL a. Lost Monument, 1971 75,000 - 100,000 b. Dead Politician, 1972 $ 1,595 - 2,130 (Set of 2)