Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

83 The Masterpieces SerieS 42 S unil M adhav S en (1910 – 1979) Horoscope Series Watercolour, pen & ink on paper Signed in English ‘Sunil Madhav Sen’ l.l. Inscribed in Bengali all over the painting and in English on verso 6.7 x 4.9 in (17.2 x 12.5 cm) Provenance Private Collector, Bangalore INR 160,000 – 240,000 US$ 3,330 – 5,000 43 S unil M adhav S en (1910 – 1979) Nude No.3 Oil on paper (pasted on cardboard) Inscribed in English ‘NUDE NO.-3, SUNIL MADHAV SEN, CATALOGUE NO- 285’ on verso 19.5 x 29.8 in (49.6 x 74.8 cm) Provenance Private Collector, Bangalore INR 300,000 – 450,000 US$ 6,250 – 9,380 “We do not find anything vague or sentimental in Sunil Madhav Sen’s paintings - they are always clear-cut, well outlined and terse. He was, however, attracted to Rabindranath’s paintings, and what he couldn’t find in Abanindranath’s work, he found in Rabindranath’s.” – Pranabendu Dasgupta, rpt. in LKC 28 , p.53. “I believe, an artist cannot ignore the realities of the world around him. It is out of his faith in life; I have drawn and made most of my studies with people toiling in fields, factories and offices. I have tried to depict truth fully the joys and sorrows, hopes and despairs of their everyday life.” –Sunil Madhav Sen, rpt. in Modern Indian Art , Oxford Books, 1956, p.73.