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

n andalal b ose 3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966 Lotus Pond Tempera on cardboard, 1959 S/d in Bengali ‘Nand 20.5.59’ and Artist Seal l.l. 16.2 x 21.6 in (40.5 x 54.1 cm) Provenance Private Collection, Kolkata ` 800,000 – 1,200,000 US$ 16,000 – 24,000 National Art Treasure Non-Exportable Item 71 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 2000 The attitude of having a deep love and respect for nature, her living forms, the inspiration and ethos which flows from imbibing this respect were pivotal to the Santiniketan educational vision of Tagore. Hand in hand with this respect, was the need to grasp and absorb one’s artistic and cultural traditions, while aspiring to a wider pan-national, pan-Asian vision and synergy, naturally opening out to universal sensibilities and appeal. Lots 71, 72 and 74 clearly reveal this thematic sensibility from three stalwarts of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan.