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

36 OSIAN’S 7 J.P. GANGOOLY (1876-1953 / b. Calcutta, West Bengal) Sunset on the Ganges Signed in English l.l. Oil on canvas, c.1915 69.5 x 90.1 cm (27.4 x 35.5 in) Rs. 1,250,000 – 1,500,000 US$ 27,800 – 33,350 GB£ 15,250 – 18,300 ABANINDRANATH TAGORE Portrait Watercolour & mixed media on paper, early 1920s ATUL BOSE View of Victoria Memorial, Calcutta Oil on board, early 1920s HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR Manas Kamal Oil on canvas, c.1920 OSIANs S.I.R. ANALYSIS [1999-2003] Present Estimate 1,285.08 Previous High 929.44 [Bo. Lon/16.06.99] Previous Average 117.03 Auction Average 289.84 Opinion Once again J.P. Gangooly represents a clear ‘blindspot’ with regard to the serious collectors of art. It is only a matter of time that one of India’s finest painters of the landscape & nature in the Western academic style will be given his financial recognition.