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

92 OSIAN’S 37 DHARAMNARAYAN DASGUPTA (1939–97 / b. Agartala, Tripura) Journey of an Antique Inscribed on verso Tempera on canvas, c.1970 48.0 x 46.5 cm (18.9 x 18.3 in) Rs. 200,000 – 275,000 US$ 4,450 – 6,100 GB£ 2,450 – 3,350 OSIANs S.I.R. ANALYSIS Present Estimate 578.25 Previous Average 141.59 [1992-2003] Auction Average 289.84 Opinion Works by Dharamnarayan Dasgupta have been few and far between in recent auctions. More data will be required for any serious S.I.R. analysis. “ The world is shrinking. But the geographical features of a country, its climate, the people, and their culture will remain essentially the same. Upheavals and changes are on the surface. By birth I am what I am, and there are certain things I inherit. So I feel I should have something in my work that is distinctively my own heritage… I live in a world of crisis and chaos. I have not chosen it – a special set of historical and personal circumstances has forced it upon me. My works, perhaps, reveal that fantastic world that is denied to me.” (Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, quoted in Indian Painting Today 1981 , Bombay: Jehangir Art Gallery 1981; p.15.)