Osian's Auction Catalogue Masterpieces and Museum-Quality III | March 2004

132 OSIAN’S 61 N.S. BENDRE (1910-92 / b. Indore, Madhya Pradesh) Fruit Seller S/d in Devanagiri, l.l. & inscribed on verso Oil on canvas, 1955 39.5 x 49.5 cm (15.6 x 19.5 in) Rs. 600,000 – 700,000 US$ 13,350 – 15,550 GB£ 7,300 – 8,550 OSIANs S.I.R. ANALYSIS [1992–2003] Present Estimate 1,972.39 Refer to Lot 10 N.S. Bendre won the Lalit Kala National Award in 1955 for his oil on canvas painting Thorn , where his experiments with a more explicit pictorial abstraction were being seen to begin. “ Man is the centre of my universe along with his emotions, his love, his social intercourse, his surroundings, etc. To me creative art demands transforming raw material from surrounding observed deliberately or by chance into an integrated whole. The process has meaning and purpose…. My goal is the aesthetic appeal resulting from my visual experiences.” (N. S. Bendre, rpt. in Prof. Narayan Shridhar Bendre – Drawings and Paintings EXC . Vadehra Art Gallery 1992.)