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

80 C hintaMoni k aR 19 April 1915 – 3 October 2005 The Kiss Bronze (Single edition), Early 1970s 7.5 x 3.9 x 3.3 in (19.0 x 10.0 x 8.5 cm) With pedestal: 11.4 x 5.7 x 5.7 in (29.0 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm) Provenance Acquired directly from the Artist. ` 500,000 – 750,000 US$ 10,000 – 15,000 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 2000 185 184 Creative India BENGAL | Chintamoni Kar “ Much of Chintamoni Kar’s sculpture consists of human figures and their first impact on the viewer is that these figures contain a classic calm combined with a mathematical precision...they contain an inner mobility that makes these figures palpably living. A calm mobility, if I may say so...How is it that her can combine these two qualities of calmness and mobility with such effortless ease (at least apparently effortless) where so many others have failed? Of the many reasons, probably the most important is that he has a perfect understanding of the human form. So, in his sculpture, every little part is related to every other, and they are all related to the whole.” [Arany Banerjee, rpt. in Sarkar, Sabita Ranjan [Director] [1985]. Chintamani Kar: A Retrospective Exhibition 1930-85 (1 - 21 November 1985). Calcutta: [ExC.] The Indian Museum; np.]