Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces and Museum Quality Series | October 2004

110 OSIAN ’ s–CONNOISSEURS OF ART 73 Ganesh PYNE [b . 1937, Calcutta, West Bengal] Untitled / Sketches on Calendar Pages S/d l.r (18) & l.c. (2) Watercolour & Ink on paper, 1997 Each/appox 24.0 x 17.5 cm (9.4 x 6.9 in) Rs. 1,250,000 – 1,500,000 $ 27,000 – 32,400 £ 14,800 – 17,750 (Set of 20) “These are personal works when an artist gains liberty to paint for himself” he says of his watercolours... “I do something which is essentially whimsical. There is no order. I release myself. When there is a sense of being released, I simultaneously experience a sense of bondage. Very privately an artist wants to free himself from any kind of judgement coming from outside.” Dolly Narang, rpt. in Ganesh Pyne: The Village Gallery 1994 ExC.