Osian's Auction Catalogue The Osianama Series |February 2013

104 ‘It is likely that Jamini Roy turned to painting on woven sheets of palm leaves from his imitation of mosaics, though the reverse too may be true. There are some paintings on surfaces which were prepared in the imitation of the chequered textures of ‘Chatais’ or coarsely woven mats. The surface had been prepared by pasting small squares of thin paper board on a plain surface. During the attempts to find out his rationale, I was told by Panchanan Panda, the artist’s long serving attendant, that he had prepared these imitation palm leaf sheets when no readymade real ‘Chatai’ sheet was easily available.’ – Paritosh Sen, rpt. in Jamini Roy – The Grand Patua . CMC Art Gallery, January 1991 ExC. 52 Jamini Roy 11 April 1887 – 24 April 1972 Krishna Tempera on mat pasted on cardboard, Mid 1950s Signed in Bengali ‘Jamini Roy’ l.r. 27.1 x 15.7 in (68.8 x 40.0 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