Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 142 158 i. Artists Look at India V. Vereshchagin, A. Saltykov, N. Karazin, N. Samokish, V. Vatagin, A. Gerasimov, V. Efanov, V. Klimashin, K. Finogenov, S. Chuikov, D. Nalbandyan & V. Ivanov Moscow: State Fine Arts Publishing House, 1955 First Edition 11.7 x 9.1 in (29.8 x 23.2 cm) Cover: Olive green cloth with gold border and lettering and a printed dustjacket 78pp / 13 tipped-in col plates and 58 b/w reproductions Binding: hardbound (original) Condition: Fair. Dustjacket worn and fragile. Rare Soviet era publication of works by Russian artists visiting India in the last 200 years ii. Indian Sketches by A. Gerasimov: Moscow: Soviet Artist Publishing House, 1956 First Edition 11.2 x 9.2 in (28.5 x 23.2 cm) Cover: White paper with title in gold and a printed dustjacket 100pp / 42 col and 6 b/w plates Binding: Softbound Condition: Fair. Binding loose. iii. Trends in Indian Painting – Ancient, Medieval, Modern Manohar Kaul Foreword by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Introduction by Shri Barada Ukil First Edition 12.9 x 9.7 in (32.7 x 25.0 cm) Cover: Cream coloured rexin with title embossed. 244pp / 58 col and 78 b/w tipped-in plates with 3 b/w illustrations Binding: Hardbound (original) pp vii – x bound upside down Condition: Good. Withdrawn from the University of Wisconsin Library. Stamps on the title page, front and back pastedown but not inside. iv. Zainul Abedin Edited by Dr. Muhammad Sirajul Islam Introduction by Nazrul Islam Photography by Dr. Noazesh Ahmed & Zillur Rahman Dacca: The Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, 1977 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Unnished Self-Portrait, 1974’. 10.5 x 8.7 in (26.6 x 22.3 cm) Cover: Khadi cloth with printed dustjacket 16pp / 24 col & 26 b/w plates Binding: Hardbound Inscribed on front endpaper ‘With best wishes to Mr. W. Millager [s/d] Sulaiman Chaudhury, Vienna, May 17, 1979’ Condition: Good v. J. Sultan Ali Hon. Editor: R.L. Bartholomew New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1983 First Edition 9.6 x 9.4 in (24.7 x 24.3 cm) Cover: Dark brown rexin with title and one image of the artists embossed in gold. Printed dustjacket 40pp / 4 col, 24 b/w and 4 line drawings Binding: hardbound (original) Condition: Good vi. Voyage in Images K.K. Hebbar Bombay: Jehangir Art Gallery, 1990 First Edition 10.9 x 8.6 in (27.6 x 21.9 cm) Cover: Grey cloth with title lettering in brown and a printed dustjacket Binding: Hardbound (original) 14pp / 46 col & 32 b/w plates &19 line drawings Condition: Good vii. Bendré – The Painter and the Person Ram Chatterji Toronto: The Bendre Foundation for Art and Culture, Indus Corporation First Edition 10.0 x 10.2 in (25.5 x 27.0 cm) Cover: Navy blue cloth with title imprinted in silver on the spine and a printed dustjacket 66pp / 46 col plates & 47 line drawings Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good viii. Raja Ravi Varma E.M.J. Venniyoor Trivandrum: Director, Museums and Zoos and Art Gallery, 1981 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Raja Ravi Varma (My Lamented Brother)’ by his sister, Mangalabai Tampuratty (Courtesy Sri Chitra Art Gallery, Trivandrum) 11.0 x 8.4 in (27.9 x 21.6 cm) Cover: Green silk with title embossed in gold on front and spine 132pp / 46 col and 10 b/w reproductions Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good ix. Raja Ravi Varma – Portrait of an Artist The Diary of C. Raja Raja Varma Edited by Erwin Neumayer & Christine Schelberger Foreword by Partha Mitter New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2005 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Portrait of Raja Ravi Varma’. 11.8 x 9.0 in (29.8 x 22.8 cm) Cover: Maroon rexin with title embossed in gold on cover and spine and a printed dustjacket 354pp / 66col, 116 sepia-toned and 256 b/w reproductions Binding: Mint condition hardbound Condition: Good INR 50,000 – 62,500 USD 1,150 – 1,400 (Set of 9)