Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

128 78 a.a. r aiBa (b.1922) Crucifixion Oil on canvas (pasted on plyboard), 1964 S/d in English ‘Raiba 64’ l.r., signed in English ‘Raiba’ on verso 59.2 x 23.6 in (150.5 x 60.1 cm) INR 800,000 – 1,200,000 US$ 16,670 – 25,000 “For years Raiba has been attempting to paint monumental pictures, striking for their vertical growth and pyramid- like dimensions.” - Reviewer, ‘National Exhibition of Art 1962: Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan , New Delhi’, Thought, Vol. 14, University of Michigan, 1962, p.xiii.