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 s unil M adhav s en 27 August 1910 – 10 November 1979 Radha & Krishna Oil and mixed media on paper pasted on brown paper, Mid1950s Signed in English ‘Sunil Madhav Sen’ l.r. 11.2 x 24.3 in (28.4 x 61.7 cm) Condition Work was restored at the Osian’s Conservation Laboratory. Provenance** Purchased directly by a Delhi- based gallery from the Artist’s Family Collection. Thereafter purchased by Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art. ` 400,000 – 600,000 US$ 8,000 – 12,000 Full image for Lot 91 on pp.206-207. 91 205 204 “My contention is that Sunil Madhav Sen always found a special pleasure in delineating human figures - even when he painted gods and goddesses… He is admittedly a religious person and he has painted almost the entire gamut of the Hindu pantheon. But we should not try to establish a casual relationship between his being a religious person and the so-called religious character of his subjects. To my mind Sunil Madhav Sen is primarily interested in the immense possibilities of human anatomy, its strength and grandeur, its verve and vigour.” [Dasgupta, Pranabendu [1979]. Sunil Madhav Sen. New Delhi: [JOU] Lalit Kala Contemporary No.28 (LKA); pp.52-54 [Various] Creative India BENGAL | ‘Chittaprosad, the Calcutta Group, F.N. Souza & Artists of Transition 1940-50s’