Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | January 2008

112 80 Tyeb Mehta (b.1925) Two Brothers S/d in English ‘Tyeb 61’ on verso Oil on canvas, 1961 39.8 x 49.4 in (101.0 x 125.5 cm) Inscribed in English ‘Kumar Gallery / Tyeb Mehta’ on verso Provenance Mukund & Neerja Lath Collection Condition Cracks visible on paint surface INR 20,000,000 – 25,000,000 USD 500,000 – 625,000 Literary Reference Work from the same series illustrated in: Bowen, Donald. ‘Art Chronicle’. Lalit Kala Contemporary , Vol. 3, 1965; pp. 31 – 33. ‘Mehta has an innate understanding and appreciation of the peculiar qualities of oil paint which has enabled him to accomplish an interesting body of work and which give promise of interesting developments to come. He prefers the warmer, deeper tones of the palette but, again uncharacteristically for an Indian artist, shows a marked interest in and understanding of the weight and bulk of the human figure and little sense of time’ Donald Bowen. rpt. in Lalit Kala Contemporary , Vol. 3, 1965; p. 32.