Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 87 88 BIJON CHOUDHURY (b.1931) Untitled S/d in Bengali ‘Bijon 2001’ l.l. Oil on canvas, 2001 36.0 x 30.0 in (91.5 x 76.2 cm) INR 360,000 – 450,000 USD 8,100 – 10,150 ‘OnecanseeinBijan Choudhury’s works the unwavering severity of the sharp outlines and curves of the nineteenth century Kalighat Pats serving as a point of reference, even a frame of critique, for the gures he picks out and draws into relationships within the operations of power and violence.’ Samik Bandopadhyay, rpt. in Debabrata Chakraborty & Bijan Choudhury : JAG ExC. 1993. 89 PROKASH KARMAKAR (b.1933) Woman Oil on paper, mid 1980s 28.0 x 21.9 in (71.0 x 55.7 cm) Condition Minor tears on lower edge INR 1,000,000 – 1,250,000 USD 22,550 – 28,200