Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

171 The Masterpieces SerieS 111 C hittrovanu M azuMDar (b.1956) Untitled Oil on canvas, Late 1990s Label of Saffron Art, on the top edge (Los Angeles Show) 68.9 x 60.2 in (175.2 x 153.0 cm) Provenance THE OSIAN’s COLLECTION INR 1,600,000 – 2,400,000 US$ 33,330 – 50,000 112 C hittrovanu M azuMDar (b.1956) Untitled Acrylic on canvas, 2001-02 Signed in English ‘C. MAZUMDAR’ l.r. and ‘Chittrovanu MAZUMDAR’ on tacking edge 58.5 x 71.9 in (148.5 x 182.5 cm) Provenance THE OSIAN’s COLLECTION INR 1,600,000 – 2,400,000 US$ 33,330 – 50,000 Expressionist imagery, bold brushstrokes, the use of pure, vivid colours and a powerful sensuality characterise the works of Chittrovanu Mazumdar. “[His] paintings combine gestural abstraction with suggestions of the figure. Usually, it is the face of a woman wearing an expression of urban angst. The artist draws an analogy between the figure submerged in colour and the individual overwhelmed by the city” (Amrita Jhaveri, A Guide to 101 Modern and Contemporary Indian Artists , India Book House, 2005). Exhibited and illustrated Lots 111 & 112 in Revisualising India. Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 2005. Illustrated in catalogue published by Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art, p.93