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

Devayani Krishna 8 July 1910 – 5 September 2000 Shiv, Parvati & Ganesh Watercolour on paper, 1958 S/d in English ‘Devayani 1958’ l.r. 13.8 x 18.9 in (35.0 x 48.0 cm) Provenance The Osian’s Collection; formerly from Delhi based gallery & Artist’s Family Collection ` 300,000 – 450,000 US$ 5,000 – 7,500 GBP 3,000 – 4,500 “It is difficult to describe the power of her drawings.This does not reside either in the figural or abstract elements. Yet all these elements seem to be present, changing at will from one premise to another. It is as though a great choreographer compressed the total movement of the dance, such as the dance of Shiva, into a single ideograph.” – Richard Bartholomew, rpt. in Noor: A Retrospective, 1940-2000 NGMA ExC.2000 [in collaboration with Vadehra]. 44 110