Osian's Auction Catalogue Creative India Series 1 Bengal | December 2011

Study for Peacock Watercolour on paper, nd (1932 - 1937) Written in English ‘RADHA Bagchi……….’ t.r. But this was there before the painting was painted, and is not the signature but just an earlier scribble. 8.0 x 10.6 in (20.3 x 27.0 cm) Provenance From an Important Private Collection, Kolkata. ` 600,000 – 900,000 US$ 12,000 – 18,000 44 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 2000 Illustrative references Haloi, Ganesh (Curated by Exhibition Convener) [1997]. Art of Bengal 1850 - 1950 . Calcutta: [ExC.] Calcutta Metropolitan Festival of Art; p.42 & 86, Fig.113 [Study of a Peacock]. The painting is dated 1932 in this catalogue and is attributed to his student days at the Calcutta School of Art. Parimoo, Ratan & Sandip Sarkar [Eds.] [2009]. Historical Development of Contemporary Indian Art . New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi; p.103, Fig. 082. [The painting is titled Peacock & is dated 1937] Creative India BENGaL | Nandalal Bose & the Bengal school 105 104 r adHa C Haran B agCHi 29 November 1910 – 19 October 1977