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

At Temple Watercolour on paper pasted on mountboard, 1898 S/d in Devanagari ‘M.V. Dhurandhar 1898’ l.l. 19.5 x 13.2 in (49.5 x 33.5 cm) Provenance Dinesh & Varsha Thacker Family Collection ` 450,000 – 675,000 US$ 7,500 – 11,250 GBP 4,500 – 6,750 Full image on p. 41 Untitled Ink hatching on paper, nd (Early 1920s) Signed in English ‘M Dhurandhar’ l.r. 9.9 x 10.9 in (25.2 x 27.8 cm) Condition Good, however a mount has been pasted along the border of the painting which will require removing Provenance Property of a Parsi Gentleman, Mumbai; formerly from Collection of eminent art critic, Mumbai ` 360,000 – 540,000 US$ 6,000 – 9,000 GBP 3,600 – 5,400 Full image on p. 42 Ramayana Series Watercolour on paper, nd Signed in English ‘M. Dhurandhar’ l.r. 10.0 x 7.0 in (25.4 x 17.8 cm) Provenance Private Individual Collector, Chennai ` 300,000 – 450,000 US$ 5,000 – 7,500 GBP 3,000 – 4,500 Full image on p. 43 A FOCUS ON RAO BAHADUR M.V. DHURANDHAR, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INDIAN ARTISTS WHO ADOPTED A PREDOMINANTLY WESTERN ACADEMIC STYLE OF PAINTING ALONG WITH RAJA RAVI VARMA, M.F. PITHAWALA, A.X. TRINDADE, J.P. GANGULY, HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR, AMONG OTHERS ARTIST OF FOCUS RAO BAHADUR M.V. DHURANDHAR 18 March 1867 – 1 June 1944 10 11 12 40