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

“…contrary to the western academic bondage, he didn’t succumb to the principles of linear perspective, for he believed that “the mind is the artist and not the eye”.Both in terms of his artistic theories and visual creative manifestations, his roots lie in the Indian soil. Whereas Upanishads and other Indian doctrines conditioned his mind to evolve his theoretical concepts, the artistic traditions of Ajanta and miniature TWO IMPORTANT PAINTINGS BY NATIONAL ART TREASURE NANDALAL BOSE, FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MANVENDRA SINGH GOHIL OF THE RAJPIPLA ROYAL FAMILY & THE LAKSHYA TRUST paintings, tinged with Far Eastern - specially Chinese and Japanese techniques - constituted the essential ingredients of that mature art style which is now unanimously attributed to Nandalal. – L. P. Sihare rpt. in [BOOK.exc/ BOOK.ess, 1983]. Sihare, L. P. (Text by). Nandalal Bose: His Aesthetic Percepts And Styles, A Few Problems. “Nandalal Bose (1882-1966) Centenary Exhibition”. New Delhi: National Gallery of Modern Art 1983; pp. 35 Nandalal Bose 3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966 ‘Mahabharata’ Series : Arjuna aiming his arrow into the Eye of the Fish while seeing its rotating reflection Tempera on paper, 1946 S/d in Bengali ‘Nand 4.7.46’ l.r. 12.6 x 16.1 in (32.0 x 41.0 cm) Provenance Formerly from the Collection of Manvendra Singh Gohil of the Rajpipla Royal Family & the Lakshya Trust 24 ` 3,600,000 – 5,400,000 US$ 60,000 – 90,000 GBP 36,000 – 54,000 National Art Treasure Non-Exportable Item Full image on pp. 62-63 68