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

81 THE MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY SERIES 51 Dhanraj BHAGAT [ 1917-1987/ b .Lahore, Present-day Pakistan] The Kiss Wood on wooden base, 1950 94.0 x 17.5 x 16.0 cm (37.0 x 6.9 x 6.3 in) Rs. 400,000 – 500,000 $ 8,650 – 10,800 £ 4,725 – 5,925 ‘Bhagat evolved forms out of timber that seem to have been secreted inside those pieces of wood for ages, and have been liberated by his chisel…. His sensitive and lyrical wooden figures flowed like music, and melted forms one into the other, with soft, undulating lines…’ – Charles Fabri, rpt. in Bhagat. LKA 1964.