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

105 79 Paritosh Sen (b.1918) Ravana S/d n English ‘Paritosh Sen 06’ l.l. Watercolour, charcoal and gold work on paper pasted on board, 2006 39.5 x 30.1 in (100.5 x 76.5 cm) INR 720,000 – 800,000 USD 18,000 – 20,000 78 A Ramchandran (b.1935) Untitled S/d in English ‘Ramachandran 1993’ l.r. Pen & Ink on paper pasted on board, 1993 29.9 x 21.6 in (76.0 x 55.0 cm) INR 720,000 – 800,000 USD 18,000 – 20,000 80 Manjit Bawa (b.1914) Untitled Signed in English,’Manjit’ l.l. Mixed media on paper, early 1990s 23.0 x 35.5 in (58.0 x 90.0 cm) INR 720,000 – 800,000 USD 18,000 – 20,000 81 Laxma Goud (b.1940) Woman with Goat Pencil and charcoal on paper pasted on board, c. 1982 21.4 x 28.9 in (54.4 x 73.4 cm) INR 720,000 – 800,000 USD 18,000 – 20,000 ‘ His keen interest in watching and getting to know people, individually or in a social milieu, has had an important bearing on his art. This has kept ever alive his interest in the figurative idiom and given him tremendous analytical confidence to treat human faces and forms in his paintings…The mood of the artist registered in most of these frames is one of subdued wit and irony.’ – Manasij Majumder rpt. in Paritosh Sen: Mini Retrospective BAAC 2001, ExC.2001. ‘The linearity of his technique is as apparent in the paintings and sculptures as in the drawings and prints. The compositional elements are invariably defined by outlines. In the monochromatic works, elaboration is achieved by a variety of tonal and textual effects…. A wash-like effect yields a similar diversity of greys in certain etchings; in others, where sharper contrast contrast prevails, the curiousness of the figures and the sweep of the lines nail down the viewers’ interest.’ – Peter Heehs rpt. in Art India Vol.5, Issue I 2000 ;p92. ‘The growing presence and importance of nature in Ramachandran’s post-Yayati ouevre is particularly noteworthy because nature is conspicuously absent from his early work. The discovery of nature in his work runs parallel to his discovery of the body pulsating with innate sensuality.’ – R.Siva Kumar rpt. in A.Ramachandran A Retrospective NGMA ExC. 2004; p140.