Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

40 15 n.s. B endre (1910 – 1992) Boat Oil on paper, 1945 S/d in English ‘Bendre 45’ l.r. 21.6 x 29.9 in (55.0 x 75.8 cm) Condition Brown powdery dust present on the painting. Cleaning will be required. Provenance The Dinesh & Varsha Thacker Collection INR 600,000 – 900,000 US$ 12,500 – 18,750 “Drawing from his travels and consequent exposure to European art, his stint at Santiniketan in 1945, nd finally his interaction with the Progressive Artists in Bombay, Bendre was to assimilate all this into an idiom that adapted the modernist vocabulary to Indian themes and subjects. His pastoral scenes spoke of a pan- Indian vision located in an idyllic village life, and celebrated a pre- industrial society”. – Yashodhara Dalmia, The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives , Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2001, p.66.