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

94 OSIAN’S 38 ISHA MAHAMMAD (b.1933 / Konnagar, West Bengal) Boy & Bird S/d in English l.c. & inscribed on verso Oil on canvas, 1971 82.0 x 109.0 cm (32.3 x 42.9 in) Rs. 200,000 – 275,000 US$ 4,450 – 6,100 GB£ 2,450 – 3,350 39 PRADIP MAITRA (b.1959 / b. Calcutta, West Bengal) Untitled Signed in Bengali & dated in English l.r. Oil on canvas, 1986 121.5 x 105.5 cm (47.8 x 41.5 in) Rs. 150,000 – 225,000 US$ 3,350 – 5,000 GB£ 1,850 – 2,750 OSIANs S.I.R. ANALYSIS Present Estimate 144.33 Previous Comparable 73.51 [Os.Mum/05.12.02] Auction Average 289.84 Opinion Significantly underpriced. Like many of the Bengal & South India-based artists, Isha Mahammad fares poorly in comparison to the Mumbai & Delhi-based artists of his generation and artistic calibre. His works of the early 1970s still represent some of the very best work of his artistic career.