Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

147 The Masterpieces SerieS 92 G aneSh P yne (b.1937) Untitled Tempera on cloth (pasted on paper), Mid 1980s Signed in Bengali ‘Ganesh Pyne’ l.r. 7.5 x 5.5 in (18.9 x 14.1 cm) Provenance THE OSIAN’s COLLECTION INR 1,200,000 – 1,800,000 US$ 25,000 – 37,500 “The men depicted in his paintings, for instance, often wear headgear, a detail that establishes their association with another world, another time, quite remote from the contemporary one… In Pyne’s canvases, the figure’s emotive psyche is located in the eyes, so large that they seem to spill out of their sockets. Pyne often leaves the depths of he eyes in darkness, detailing them with wo white spots – right in the centre of the eye. Sometimes the eyes are smeared with white, but traced with shadows.” – Shiladitya Sarkar, Thirst of a Minstrel: The Life and Times of Ganesh Pyne, Rupa, 2005, p.55. 93 D harManarayan D aSGuPta (1939 – 1997) Untitled Gouache on paper, 1986 Signed in Bengali ‘Dharmanarayan 86’ l.l. 14.5 x 10.2 in (36.7 x 26.0 cm) INR 400,000 – 600,000 US$ 8,330 – 12,500 Exhibited and illustrated Revisualising India. Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 2005. Illustrated in catalogue published by Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art, p.63