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

246 MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY III 9 Masterpieces & Museum-Quality Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings Mumbai: Osian’s December 2002 / OS 005 11 x 8.25“ / Paperback; 336pp & 220 colour illustrations / Rs. 3000 This publication superlatively showcased one of the finest collections of Indian Modern & Contemporary Paintings ever brought together for sale. The Works have been historically contextualised through seven sections: The Art of Portraiture/ Studies of the Female & Other Life Forms/ Religious Icons & Narratives/ Folk & Tribal Art as Inspirational Platform/ Demons of Unrelenting Introspection/ Social Responsibility as the Aesthetic Work Ethic/ Nature, Landscape & Cityscape as Inspiration, with clear pricing and illustration references. A well-researched text provides valuable curatorial and documentational support beautifully presented through the now-acclaimed design formats of Tuli & Trivedi. Detailed Artist Bibliographies constitute an additional and valuable research resource. This volume is the fifth in the Auction Series published by Osian’s as part of its larger programme to establish a credible and integrated infrastructure for the arts in India. 10 Forty Masterpieces of 20th Century Drawing & Painting From India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka Mumbai: Osian’s March 2003 / OS 006 7.25”x 11” landscape / Hardbound with dustjacket; 128pp & colour illustrations / Rs. 2000 Produced in conjunction with the Auction of the same name held in Mumbai on 27 March 2003, this publication takes forward Osian’s focus on providing an increasingly rare opportunity for the serious collector to possess masterpieces and museum-quality works. The works have been selected by Tuli, who has over the last decade, been instrumental in nurturing the aesthetic sensibilities and tastes of a latent and largely untutored art market. Presented with clear pricing and illustration references, this volume is the sixth in the Auction Series published by Osian’s and explicitly focuses on the process of integrating Indian Art within the wider context of the subcontinent as another step in an ever- broadening circle of worldwide appreciation. The design format recalls an earlier era of fine books with its delicate and beautiful hand-tipped images within the horizontal format. Along with the other Osians publications, this volume constitutes an invaluable research resource for students and collectors who wish to study or work in this area. 11 Figurative Non–Figurative Narration [fn–fn] Mumbai: Osian’s December 2003 / OS 007 11 x 8.25“ / Paperback; 280pp & colour illustrations / Rs. 2500 The seventh in Osian’s series of market-defining auction publications, FN-FN is presented in 11 Sections, bringing together for the connoisseur and collector, a formidable array of masterpieces as well as high quality works by the emerging talents of Indian contemporary painting — many of whose works went under the hammer for the first time ever at this Auction. The introduction of emerging artists in a curated auction with low price estimates, tested the maturity of the Indian art market’s ability to discern a good work of art irrespective of the signature attached to it, while simultaneously expanding and infusing the existing market with a vibrant creative force. As a result the auction once again set new pricing benchmarks for both the established and the emerging artists, while creating greater national and international awareness as regards the work of these artists.