Osian's Auction Catalogue Forty Masterpieces | March 2003

“The paintings he has executed may be a few in number but they speak of Gopal Sanyal’s passion for colour and his extraordinary skill in handling paint. Gopal Sanyal surely produces concords with pigments but his compositions are by no means pretty. He violently distorts forms to express his feeling through them… The naivete of the folk art in forms and the Cezannean sophistication in matiere makes his painting not only a coalition of East and West but also a combination of the past and the present.” (Ahi Bhusan Malik, reprinted in Paintings & Drawings of Gopal Sanyal : Max Mueller 1977 ExC.) Street Singer S/d in English, l.r. Oil on canvas, 1972–80 110.2 x 82.4 cm [43.4 x 32.4 in] Provenance From Private Gallery Collection, New Delhi Rs. 300,000 – 400,000 $ 6,300 – 8,300 £ 3,800 – 5,000 _ 5,800 – 7,700 94 95 34 GOPAL SANYAL [b.1933/ West Bengal]