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

84 THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 45 RAMKINKAR BAIJ (1910 - 80) a. Woman Facing the Wind Signed in Bengali, l.l. Watercolour, early 1950s 26.4 x 17 cm. (10.6 x 6.7”) b. Woman & Cow with Calf Signed in Bengali, l.r. (maybe later). Line drawing in Watercolour, late 1950s 21.8 x 32.9 cm. (8.6 x 13.0”) Rs. 175,000 - 250,000 $ 3,725 - 5,320 “In his paintings of women Ramkinkar reveals a special mental characteristic. Her attitude is ambivalent; on one side women attract him, on another inspire him with fear; he portrays them as elegant and beautiful on one hand and as menacing and aggressive on the other”. (K.G. Subramanyan in LKC #30 1980 , p36). for Lot 45a PAPR Lot 21 So.Lon/ 17.06.99 Village Woman Ink & Watercolour on paper 17.5 x 19 cm. ASP: £ 720 /Rs. 49,608 (£1 = Rs. 68.90) for Lot 45b PAPR Lot 172 HT.ND/ 28.11.99 On the Way to Sacrifice Pen & Ink on paper, 1975 48.2 x 38.2 cm. ASP: Rs. 73,500/ $ 1,700 ($1 = Rs. 43.30)