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

B. Prabha 1931 – 20 September 2001 Family Pen & ink on paper, 1969 S/d in Marathi ‘B. Prabha 11.1.1969’ t.l. 16.1 x 13.4 in (41.0 x 34.0 cm) Provenance Private Collection, Mumbai ` 300,000 – 450,000 US$ 5,000 – 7,500 GBP 3000 – 4500 “The aesthetic constant of B.Prabha is the aboriginal Indian woman; in transmutations of the theme, the stylised, elongated figure is presented in pictorial statements of decorative finesse…” – P. R. Ramachandra Rao, Contemporary Indian Art (Hyderabad: P.R. Ramachandra Rao, 1969), 22. 59 138