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

8 Acknowledgements 10 A Philosophy of Action: To Revolutionise an Infrastructure 18 Authenticity & Certification 20 Taxation 21 Financial Valuation 22 A Price Analysis of Curated Auctions by HEART, 1997 & 1999. 26 Terms & Conditions 30 The Passionate-Detachment A Curatorial Note/Philosophical Framework 33 Index of Artists/ Authors by Lot Number 34 Index for Sessions One to Four 36 International Auctions: Indian Modern & Contemporary Art 37 Explanation of Cataloguing Terms & Abbreviations 38 Session One, Lots 1 - 50 A Philosophical Framework 92 Session Two, Lots 51 - 100 Seeds of Modernism 130 Session Three, Lots 101 - 155 Experiments & Expressionism 172 Session Four, Lots 156 - 219 The Abstract-Figurative Dilemma 216 Abbreviations for Biographical Information 217 Biographical Information 235 Selected Auction Bibliography 238 Copyright Permission Acknowledgements 239 Written Bid Form Contents