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

1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 2000 r anada p rasad g upTa Early 1880s – October 1927 Study of Male anatomy Pencil on paper, nd Signed in English ‘Ranada Prasad Gupta’ l.l. 7.8 x 5.4 in (19.5 x 13.5 cm) Condition Minute insect holes present at some places. Provenance Private gallerist-cum-dealer, Kolkata. ` 200,000 – 300,000 US$ 4,000 – 6,000 55 “It was named ‘Jubilee Art Academy’ and was formed as a reaction to Havell’s insistence on the Indian art heritage in the Government Art School’s curricula. Ranada Prosad Dasgupta led the rebel students to form this school with a strong academic bias and had, beside Hemendranath, quite a few students who later excelled with their ‘Academism’. Phanindranath Bose, Atul Bose, Basanta Kumar Ganguly, and Jogesh Seal are the most illustrious alumni of the Jubilee Art Academy.” [Ratan Parimoo & Nalini Bhagwat, rpt. In Parimoo, Ratan & Sandip Sarkar [Eds.] [2009]. Historical Development of Contemporary Indian Art. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi; p.107]