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

H emendranaTH m azumdar 19 September 1894 – 22 July 1948 Varsha (Monsoon rain) Watercolour, pen and ink on paperboard, 1925-28 Signed in English ‘Hmazumdar’ l.l. 14.4 x 19.6 in (36.5 x 49.9 cm) Condition Minor stains t.r. and c.r., minor abrasion t.l. 58 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 reference Hemendranath Mazumdar, Barsha (The Monsoon). Illustrated in Shilpi: An Illustrated Journal of Fine Arts, Barsha, (1929), no pagination. Provenance Acquired from the Collection of an important patron of Hemendranath Mazumdar in Chinsura, Howrah, where the artist stayed and painted many commissioned works during 1933-35 and 1940-42. ` 800,000 – 1,200,000 US$ 16,000 – 24,000