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

n iRode M azuMdaR 11 May 1916 – 26 September 1982 Lida and the Swan Gouache and ink on paper, 1961 14.5 x 10.8 in (36.8 x 27.5 cm) Provenance Gifted by Bishnu and Pranati Dey to Nabayug and Arpana on 08.02.1964. Thereafter acquired by Kolkata-based collector and later sold to Gallery Rasa in 2001. ` 300,000 – 450,000 US$ 6,000 – 9,000 87 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 2000 199 198 Illustrative Reference Mazumdar, Nirode [1961]. Wing of No End: A sequence of fifteen paintings preceded by reflexions on time and eternity in art form. Calcutta: The Indian Committee for Cultural Freedom; np, plate 3 Creative India BENGAL | ‘Chittaprosad, the Calcutta Group, F.N. Souza & Artists of Transition 1940-50s’