Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

27 The Masterpieces SerieS 6 g AgAnendrAnAth t Agore (1867 – 1938) National Art Treasure Mountain Crags Watercolour on paper, late 1910s Signed in English ‘GT’ l.l. and artist seal l.r. 4.3 x 6.1 in (11.0 x 15.6 cm) Provenance THE OSIAN’s COLLECTION. INR 500,000 – 750,000 Non–Exportable Item “On one hand, the plains of Bengal attracted him; on the other, the mountains and woods in Ranchi and Hazaribagh area are also caught in his brush again and again. In his Bengal landscapes he did not seek to present that concentration of objects as is to be found in his other landscape studies. There is not much of unexpected difference between these two series of landscapes, except with regard to their contents. Unlike any of his contemporaries, Gaganendranath was as mush inspired by nature as by the scenes of Calcutta. The main attraction of his urban studies is in the charm of artificial light. Gaganendranath’s interest in the natural as well as in the artificial is a primary feature of his landscapes.” – Binode Bihari Mukhopadhyaya, Gaganendranath Tagore: Special Birth Centenary Issue of The Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art , March 1972.