Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities and Modern and Contemporary Fine Arts | June 2015

Chittaprosad 21 June 1915 – 13 November 1978 Self-Portrait Dustcolour on paper, 1960 S/d in Bengali ‘Chittaprosad 1960’ l.r. 11.2 x 15.0 in (28.5 x 38.0 cm) Provenance The Osian’s Collection; formerly from Delhi based gallery & Artist’s Family Collection Illustrative Reference Mallik, Sanjoy Kumar (Author). Chittaprosad:A Retrospective (1915-1978). Mumbai: Delhi Art Gallery 2011; pp.459 (col.)/ BOOK.exc ` 450,000 – 675,000 US$ 7,500 – 11,250 GBP 4,500 – 6,750 “Like other artists, Chittaprosad too painted landscapes, still-lifes, portraits and even nudes purely for pleasure. He adopted formal devices such as cubistic spatial units in his colour works.” – Sanjoy Kumar Mallik rpt. in [BOOK.exc, 2011]. Mallik, Sanjoy Kumar (Author). Chittaprosad:A Retrospective 1915- 1978. New Delhi: Delhi Art Gallery 2011; Vol. 2; pp.461 In these works one can see “The chromatic intensities of colour as seen in Fauve paintings, the translation of inner feelings into expressionistic form and colour, and the formal devices of geometric planes assured by the cubist language must have assumed a liberating dimension with an immediate prospect of contemporaneity. Chittaprosad’s foray into such linguistic modes in his paintings testifies to the liberated sense of artistic independence and individuality a painter longed to profess and practice, beyond constricting notions of ideological adherence alone.” – Ibid. Vol. 1; pp.67 A FINE PUBLISHED SELF-PORTRAIT; BARELY A HANDFUL OF TOP QUALITY CHITTAPROSAD SELF-PORTRAITS REMAIN IN PRIVATE HANDS 37 99 Indian Antiquities, Modern & Contemporary Fine Arts