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

73 50 Prokash Karmakar (b.1933) Untitled Signed in Bengali ‘Prokash’ and dated in English ‘88’, l.r. Written in Bengali ‘Anupamer Jonno’ Signed in English ‘P Karmakar’ and signed in Bengali ‘Prokash Karmakar’ on verso Dated in English 4.7.1988 on verso Acrylic on canvas, 1988 46.0 x 56.7 in (116.8 x 144.0 cm) INR 1,600,000 – 2,000,000 USD 40,000 – 50,000 ‘The artist comments directly on the apathetic attitudes of the dominant classes, and poignantly elucidates the class stratifications, power equations and repression that constitute our social spaces.’ – Amrita Gupta Singh, rpt. in Manifestations II: Indian Art in the 20 th Century, Delhi Art Gallery ExC 2004.