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

81 PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK 42 SUNIL MADHAV SEN ( 1910 - 79) a. Shiva & Parvati Signed in English, l.r. Watercolour & Ink, early 1970s 56.0 x 38.2 cm. (22.0 x 15.0”) b. Lord Jaganatha Signed in English, l.r. Watercolour & Ink, early 1970s 42 x 53.8 cm. (16.5 x 21.2”) Rs. 100,000 - 150,000 $ 1,065 - 1,595 (Set of 2) “My contention is that Sunil Madhav Sen always found a special pleasure in delineating human figures - even when he painted gods and goddesses (Durga, Krishna, Radha, Jagannath, Balaram, Ganesh, Siv, etc.). He is admittedly a religious person and he has painted almost the whole gamut of the Hindu pantheon. But we should not try to establish a casual relationship between his being a religious person and the so-called religious character of his subjects. To my mind Sunil Madhav is primarily interested in the immense possibilities of human anatomy, its strength and grandeur, its verve and vigour. (Pranabendu Dasgupta, in LKC #28 1979 , p52). Refer to LKC #30 1980 , Fig 75 for illustration of Siva-Parvati Series. a b