Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

211 The Masterpieces SerieS AHJ Art Heritage Journal AIFACS All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi b. Born BAAC Birla Academy of Art & Culure, Kolkata BAS. Bombay Art Society b&w Black & White c. circa CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate CIMA Centre for International Modern Art, Kolkata CUP Cambridge University Press Ed. Editor Eds. Editors Ex. Exhibition ExC Exhibition Catalogue ffp Free Front Endpaper For. Forwarder INTACH Indian National Trust for Architectural Conservation & Heritage Inted. International Edition JAG Jehangir Art Gallery LKA Lalit Kala Akademi LKC Lalit Kala Contemporary Mapin Mapin Publishing Private Limited, Ahmedabad NCPA National Center for the Performing Arts, Mumbai nd not dated NGMA National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi & Mumbai OUP Oxford University Press p Page PAH Previous Auction High pp Pages rpt. Reproduced S/d Signed & dated SIR Square Inch Rate Verso reverse side Comp. Compiled Cu. Curator c.c centre centre c.l. centre left c.r. centre right l.c. lower centre l.l. lower left l.r. lower right t.c. top centre t.l. top left t.r. top right Tr. Translator Any statement of authorship, attribution, provenance, origin, date, age, and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. Osian’s reserves the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable. 1. The term ‘signed and dated’ (S/d) and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist. FORMAT for Auction Lot Caption is as follows: Lot Number Artist name [Date of Birth – Date of Death] Title Medium, Date Signature details Size in inches (in centimetres) Lower & Upper Price Estimates in Indian Rupees (INR) Lower & Upper Price Estimates in US Dollars (US$) 2. For all art works the dimensions are given height before width in inches (centimeters). 3. Osian’s has tried to provide the best quality acid-free mounts to works wherever appropriate, and has reframed works wherever possible, from quality framers. Abbreviations Explanation of Cataloguing Terms