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

D.P. Roy Chowdhury 15 October 1900 – 15 October 1975 Princess in Forest Watercolour and wash on paper, nd Signed in Bengali ‘Debi Prosad’ l.l. 12.6 x 9.3 in (32.0 x 23.5 cm) Provenance Property of a Parsi Gentleman, Mumbai; formerly from the Collection of Govind Charan Bose, s/o Justice Aniruddha Bose ` 600,000 – 900,000 US$ 10,000 – 15,000 GBP 6,000 – 9,000 ‘Basically, Deviprasad’s painting at the early stage of his artistic career was very much in the technique followed by Abanindranath. The fluency of line of the Chinese calligraphy, the chiaroscuroic effect of the Western Schools, the Japanese wash technique are all there manifestly recorded…But when we see Deviprasad setting his theme in an open landscape, he is freer and animated by the association of hills and dales, rocks and trees, clouds and rains. He becomes more attuned to his elements in trying to infuse the natural phenomena with a decorative expression.’ – Prodosh Das Gupta rpt. in [BOOK.exc/ BOOK. ess, 1989]. Das Gupta, Prodosh (Text by). The Art of D. P. Roy Chowdhury. Calcutta: Birla Academy of Art & Culture (BAAC) 1989; pp. np For Illustrative Reference Only A DELICATELY EXECUTED WATERCOLOUR FROM D.P. ROY CHOWDHURY’S ‘BENGAL SCHOOL’ INSPIRED EARLY PERIOD 26 70