Osian's Auction Catalogue The Osianama Series |February 2013

102 ‘Christian themes undoubtedly acquired a fresh meaning in the eyes of Jamini Roy. His paintings of Christ reflect a comingling of the mercy and grace of Vaisnavism along with deep emotive appeal of the Byzantine and Russian icons. Christ appeared in his painting in a novel structural form typical of Jamini Ray’s style with undifferentiated bodies, large head and protruding eyes and beard. Herein the artist tried to assimilate the human and divine character into one by abstract symbolic means of folk art tradition… to portay the scintillating effect of the Byzantine mosaics and Russian icons Jamini Ray used multicoloured dots in Christ studies and other subjects in tempera method.’ – Sipra Chakravarti rpt. in Album of Art Treasures (Series- Six) Paintings of Jamini Ray . Indian Museum, Calcutta 1991; p7. 51 Jamini Roy 11 April 1887 – 24 April 1972 Untitled Tempera on mat pasted on cardboard, Mid 1950s Signed in Bengali ‘Jamini Roy’ l.r. 39.0 x 21.8 in (99.0 x 55.3 cm) Provenance Private Kolkata-based Collection; acquired from the Collection of eminent artist and teacher, at Santiniketan, Shri Ramendranath Chakraborty ` 800,000 – 1,600,000 US$ 14,550 – 29,100 GBP 10,000 – 20,000 National Art Treasure Non-Exportable Item detail