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

z ainul a bedin 28 March 1914 – 29 May 1976 Landscape Watercolour on handmade paper, nd Signed in English ‘Zainul’ t.r. 15.0 x 19.7 in (37.4 x 49.2 cm) Provenance Acquired by a Kolkata-based gallery from the Family Collection of Abhijit Dey, whose grandfather was the Chief Justice of Kolkata and a friend of Rabindranath Tagore. ` 500,000 – 750,000 US$ 10,000 – 15,000 92 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1910 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 2000 b iMal d asguPta 28 December 1917 – 17 June 1995 Houses Oil on canvas, 1962 S/d in English ‘B. Das Gupta 62’ l.r. 47.2 x 35.8 in (120.0 x 91.0 cm) Provenance** Delhi Art Gallery has directly purchased from Artist’s family. Thereafter sold to Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art. ` 800,000 – 1,200,000 US$ 16,000 – 24,000 93 From an Important Collection