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

174 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III Journals & Essays Datta, Ella.‘Nikhil Biswas – Clowns & Martyrs’ in AHJ 8 1988–9 . New Delhi. (pp.105–11) Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Drawings and Rolling Pictures from India. Halle & Dresden 1966. [Ex. Organised by G.D.R. Ministry of Culture of the G.D.R., German–South East Asian Society in the G.D.R., Association of Painters & Sculptors of Germany & District Boards of Dresden and Halle] Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta. A Selection of Works from 1950 upto 1966 . Calcutta 1967. [Ex. Organized by Mrs. Bina Biswas; 3–15 September; Text: Prof. O.C. Gangooly, Paritosh Sen, Karl-Erich Muller, Dieter Schmidt & Asoke Sen] Nikhil Biswas Memorial Committee. A Selection of Works. Bombay 1975. [Ex. Jehangir Art Gallery, 28 February–6 March; Text: Paritosh Sen, Deiter Schmidt & Karl- Erich Muller] Chitrakoot Art Gallery. Exhibition of Drawings by Nikhil Biswas . Calcutta 1988. [Ex. 12–28 February; Text: Sandip Sarkar] NGMA. Catalogue of Collections,Vol.1. New Delhi 1989. (p.273) Om Art Gallery. Nikhil Biswas Retrospective. New Delhi 1992. [Ex. 3–18 March; Text: Keshav Malik] Galerie Romain Rolland. Nikhil Biswas: A Passionate Creator . New Delhi 1993. [Ex. 15 January–6 February; Text: Suneet Chopra] Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath. H.K. Kejriwal Collection 1830-1995 . Bangalore 1996. (p.56) HEART/Tuli. The Intuitive-Logic II. Bombay 1997. (L79) HEART/Tuli. Intuitive-Logic: The Next Step . New Delhi 1999. (L226, L227, L228 & L248) CIMA. Art of Bengal: Past and Present 1850- 2000 . Calcutta 2000. [Ex. 13–24 December; Curator: Ganesh Haloi] (p.165) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent. London 14 July 2000. (L73) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent. London 31 October 2000. (L63) Delhi Art Gallery. Face Off 1900-1980s. Indian Old Masters and Moderns . New Delhi 2000. Osian’s/Tuli. India: The Passionate- Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (L13, L14, L148, L149 &176) Osian’s/Tuli. India: A Historical Lila. Mumbai 2001. (L136, L137 & L138) Chitrakoot Art Gallery. Nikhil Biswas – The Untamed . Calcutta 2001. [Ex. 23 January–4 February] Osian’s/Tuli. A Historical Mela: The ABC of India . Mumbai 2002. (L11, L30 & L109) Bowrings. Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings . Mumbai 2002. (L59) Osian’s/Tuli. Forty Masterpieces: 20 th Century Painting & Drawing From India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka . Mumbai 2003. (L25) Delhi Art Gallery. Manifestations . New Delhi 2003. [Ex. World Trade Centre, Mumbai 12–19 November; Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi 29 November–13 December; Text: Sandip Sarkar] Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-Figurative Narration . Mumbai 2003. (L92 & L140) Newspaper & Magazine Articles Geeta Aisha Ali. ‘Dissecting the Human Being’ in Onlooker 15 April 1975, Bombay. Samir Datta. In The Statesman 19 December 1987, Calcutta. Chandralekha Basu. ‘Risking Chaos to Compel’ in Amrita Bazar Patrika 13 February 1988, Calcutta. Samir Datta. ‘A Sense of Ongoing Spectacle’ in The Statesman 20 February 1988, Calcutta. V.C. ‘Van Gogh, Nikhil Biswas & Posthumous Praise’ in The Economic Times 28 February 1988, Calcutta. Kishore Chatterjee. ‘Power and Grandeur in Black and White’ in The Statesman 20 December 1994, Calcutta. Rita Dutta. ‘A Robust Drama’ in The Economic Times 31 December 1994, Calcutta.