Osian's Auction Catalogue The Osianama Series |February 2013

106 1955 53 S.H. Raza b.22 February 1922 Head Pen & Ink on paper, 1955 S/d in English ‘RAZA 30-7-1955’ t.r. and ‘RAZA 55’ l.r. 4.0 x 10.0 in (10.2 x 25.4 cm) Provenance Private Mumbai-based Collector; South Indian Gallerist ` 200,000 – 400,000 US$ 3,640 – 7,280 GBP 2,500 – 5,000 54 Gopal Ghose 5 December 1913 – 30 July 1980 Landscape Sketchbook (Folio of 7) Dry pastel on paper, 1956 Signed in Bengali and dated in English ‘Gopal, 56’ in every folio Signed in English ‘Gopal’ and dated in English ‘20/10/56’ and Inscribed in Bengali and English ‘…..TROPICAL HOSPITAL PP- WARD BED NO.5 -A /Bose Eke Chi’ on the back of cover page 5.2 x 7.3 in (13.1 x 18.5 cm) Condition Spine slightly damaged and pages loose Provenance Private Mumbai-based Collection ` 500,000 – 1,000,000 US$ 9,090 – 18,180 GBP 6,250 – 12,500 “Gopal Ghose is undoubtedly a rebel artist. Though he was influenced at the beginning of his life by the techniques and art forms of the great masters of the Bengal School, he had, in the very qualities of his mental endowment the urge to build beyond these influences, and to create his own style. Once he was free of these influences, his style began to unfold; he shaped and developed his own art forms and technique. If we compare the contemporary art forms of the Calcutta Group with his recent works we would be amazed to find how far he has travelled and ow he has developed a new language of art forms. The evolution of infinite varieties of landscape form created out of line and colour, which was his forte from the very start, constitutes the major output and the essence of his art.” Rpt. in Moitra, Dwijendra. Gopal Ghose. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi 1966; pp.4-5.