Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 19 10 CHITTAPROSAD (1915–78) Struggle for Independence Pencil on paper, c .1947 15.0 x 22.0 in (38.0 x 55.9 cm) Provenance Acquired from the Artist’s Family by a Delhi based Gallery. INR 800,000 – 1,000,000 USD 18,050 – 22,550 11 CHITTAPROSAD (1915–78) Untitled S/d in English ‘Chittaprosad 5 Aug 68’ l.r. Oil on board, 1968 6.0 x 25.9 in (15.2 x 65.8 cm) Condition Crackling on surface. Board slightly damaged at the top corners, two tiny holes t.l. INR 1,000,000 – 1,250,000 USD 22,550 – 28,200 ‘When the rest of his contemporaries were debating on what should be the character of Indian art – whether to identify with the classical Indian tradition or to borrow from the Western idiom – Chittaprasad, alongwith a few artists, faced the greater social reality of his time and painted them with natural ease, power and conviction.’ – Amit Mukhopadhyay rpt. in Chittaprasad: Humanist & Patriot ; pp 75-6.