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

213 BIOGRAPHIES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1982 Institute Gallery, Organised by Institute Menezes Braganza, Panaji, Goa 1983 Rajasthan Series , Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1984 Panaji, Goa 1985 Images of Goa , Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi 1987 Retrospective 1947-87 , Panaji, Goa Chetan Art Gallery, Bombay 1989 Retrospective , Sponsored by Kumar Gallery, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (3–10 January) Faces and Flowers , Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi Navraasa , Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi 1993 ABN Amro Bank, Calcutta Festival of Seasons , Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi 1994 Purusha Prakriti in Kamasutra , Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (23 November–10 December) 1995 Jeevanotsava , Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (16 November–2 December) Jeevanotsava Series Show-Retrospective , Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 1997 Kaarma and Fantasies Series , Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (9–23 April) 1998 Kaama-Krodha-Moha-Moksha series show, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (24 April–9 May) 2000 Recent Paintings by Laxman Pai , Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (15–29 February) 2001 Tree of Life and Spring Flowers , Lalit Kala Akademi, Fresco Gallery, New Delhi (3–17 November) Srinagar Faces-2000 , Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi Awards & Honours 1947 Mayo Medal Award, Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay 1961 Four Signs , National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi 1963 Eclipse , National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi 1972 Trilogy , National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi 1985 Padmashree, Government of India 1987 Honoured by the Government of Goa 1995 Nehru Award, Goa Select Collections Academy of Fine Arts & Crafts, Kolkata Ben and Abbey Grey Foundation [U.S.A.] Berlin Museum, Berlin [Germany] Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi Hindustan Steel Ltd., Ranchi Institute Menezes Braganza, Goa Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Chennai Museum, Chennai Nagpur Museum, Nagpur National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi National Museum of Modern Art, Paris [France] New York Public Library, New York [U.S.A.] Punjab University Museum Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai Select Bibliography Books Rao, P.R. Ramachandra. Modern Indian Painting. Madras: Rachana 1953. (p.62) Rao, P.R. Ramachandra. Contemporary Indian Art . Madras: Vicha Fine Arts 1969. (p.17) Appasamy, Jaya (Ed.). Laxman Pai . New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi 1971. [Text: S.A. Krishnan.] Tuli, Neville . The Flamed-Mosaic: Indian Contemporary Painting . New Delhi: HEART–Mapin 1997. [Inted. Harry Abrams NY 1998.] (pp.120, 162, 208, 218, 238 & 256) Khanna, Balraj & Aziz Kurtha. Art Of Modern India . London: Thames and Hudson 1998. (pp.24, 70 & 136) Pai, Laxman. My Search My Evolution . New Delhi 2000. Dalmia, Yashodhara. The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives . New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2001. (pp.69, 72, 193 & 194) Sinha, Gayatri (Ed.). Indian Art: An Overview . New Delhi: Rupa & Co 2003. [Essay by Chaitanya Sambrani] (p.103) Journals & Essays Pai, Laxman. ‘Studies in the Development of Three Contemporaries’ in Marg Vol.7 No.2 1954. Bombay. (p.32–6) Krishnan, S.A. ‘Figurative And Abstract Art – a Symposium’ in LKC 7 & 8 1967–68. New Delhi. (pp.24–5) Malik, Keshav. ‘ Laxman Pai: Contemporary Indian Art Series, Lalit Kala Akademi’ in LKC 14 April 1972. New Delhi. (p.55) ‘Laxman Pai’ in LKC 34 June 1987. New Delhi. (pp.68–70) Kaul, Manohar. ‘Laxman Pai – Restless Quest for Inner-Expression’ in Kala Darshan Vol.3 No.2 1990. New Delhi. (p.7) Pai, Laxman. ‘As A Painter Looks at It’ in LKC 37 March 1991. New Delhi. [pp.24–5] Auction & Exhibition Catalogues Kala Academy. Retrospective 1947–87 . Goa 1987. Lalit Kala Akademi. Laxman Pai Retrospective . New Delhi 1989. [Ex. 3–10 January] Dhoomimal Art Centre. Purush Prakriti In Kamasutra . New Delhi 1994. [Ex. 23 November–10 December] Dhoomimal Art Centre. Jeevanotsav . New Delhi 1995. [Ex. 16 November–2 December] Dhoomimal Art Centre. Karma And Fantasies Series . New Delhi 1997. [Ex. 9–23 April] HEART/Tuli. Intuitive-Logic II . Bombay: 1997. (L44) Dhoomimal Art Centre. Recent Paintings . New Delhi 1998. [Ex. 24 April–9 May] Osian’s/Tuli. India: the Passionate Detachment . Mumbai 2001. (L140) Osian’s/Tuli. India: A Historical Lila . Mumbai 2001. (L86) Lalit Kala Akademi. Tree Of Life . New Delhi 2001. [Ex. 3–17 November] Osian’s/Tuli. Figurative Non-Figurative Narration . Mumbai 2003. (L46 & L47) Sotheby’s. Modern & Contemporary Indian Paintings . London 1997. (L146, L147, L148, L149, L150 & L151) Sotheby’s. Indian Miniatures The Travel Sale – India and the Far East Modern & Contemporary South Asian Paintings . London 2000. (L217) Bonhams. Modern & Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Sub-Continent . London 2000. (L127 & L187) Bowrings. European & Modern and Contemporary Indian Paintings . New Delhi 2002. (L160) Newspaper & Magazine Articles Rudi von Leyden. ‘Indian Painters of Today’ in Onlooker Annual 1959, Bombay. Gieve Patel. ‘Paintings From The South’ in The Times Of India 10 December 1966, Bombay. Manoharrai Sardesai. ‘The Genius Of Laxman Pai’ in Goa Today May 1987, Goa. Jehanara Wasi. ‘Laxman Pai: Painter and Man’ in The Fountainhead December 1992, Bombay.