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

68 OSIAN ’ s–CONNOISSEURS OF ART BOOKS ON MODERN & CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART LOTS 38 – 43 3. Sudhir R. Khastgir: Paintings Dehradun, 1945 Limited Autographed 2nd Ed. 32pp / 14 Colour Plates Softcover, punched and threaded with green tie (9.75 x 7.5 in) Condition: A 4. D. Badri Foreword by D.P. Roy Chowdhury Introduction by K. Chaitanya New Delhi: Dhoomi Mal Dharam Das, 1951 44 pp / 12 Colour, 2 B/w & 3 B/w Sketches Softcover with hand-tipped colour image (7.25 x 10.0 in) Condition: A 5. Paintings Of Cumi Dallas Intro. by Capt. W.E. Gladstone Solomon; Foreword by V.R. Amberkar. Bombay: J.V. Navlakhi & Co., 1964 56pp/ 21 Col. & 19 B/w Plates Hardbound (9.75 x 7.5 in) Condition: A Inscription in black ink on inside cover 38 A Set of 8 Books & 1 Portfolio on Abanindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Sudhir Khastgir, D. Badri, Damayanti Chowla, Cumi Dallas & Kanu Desai. 6. Bishnu Dey & John Irwin J amini Roy Calcutta: ISOA, 1944 Frontispiece: Hand-tipped B/w image of Artist 68pp / 14 Hand-tipped Plates Softbound with Hand-tipped colour image (11.0 x 9.0 in) Condition: Fragile Inscription dated 1945 appears in black ink on the flyleaf 7. Sudhir Khastgir Myself Dehradun, 1955 32pp / 37 Ills. & 6 Plates Hardbound (11.0 x 8.5 in) Condition: A 8. Kanu Desai Nritya Rekha (Portfolio) Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. 10 Colour Hand-tipped Plates Softcover (13.0 x 10.0 in) Condition: A Cover frayed at the edges 9. The Art of Damyanti Chowla New Delhi: Dhoomi Mal Dharam Das 50pp/ 21 Colour Hand-tipped Plates Hardbound with cloth cover & colour, hand-tipped image (13.5 x 9.5 in) Condition: A Rs. 50,000 – 70,000 $ 1,100 – 1,500 £ 600 – 825 (Set of 9) 2 . Abanindra Number Calcutta: The Visva-Bharati Quarterly Vol. III Parts I & II, May-October 1942 Edited by K.R. Kriplani 3 B/w Illustrations by Juel Madsen, Jyotindranath Tagore & Mukul Dey 224 pp / 49 B/w & Colour Plates of Abanindranath’s Paintings Softbound with dustjacket (9.5 x 7.0 in) Condition: A 1. Abanindranath Tagore Caramel Doll Translated from the Bengali by Bishnu & Pranati Dey Illustrated by Sheila Auden Bombay: Kutub Publishers, 1946 68pp/ 26 Illustrations Hardbound with dustjacket (8.0 x 6.5 in) Condition: A