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

“In his treatment of landscape he creates spaces organically by the movement of colour rather than by any clearly indicated recession. The trees evoke a fairytale atmosphere and provide the setting for some poetic event. Often the whole composition surges with rhythm, now delicate and grave, now tumultuous and free. His arrangements are usually asymmetric and daringly balanced.” – Jaya Appasamy, rpt. in Sailoz Mookherjea, LKA 1966, piv. Sailoz Mookherjea 2 November 1907 – 5 October 1960 Landscape Watercolour on paper, nd (c. 1930) Signed in English ‘Sailoz Mookherjea’ l.r. 10.2 x 26.8 in (25.8 x 68.0 cm) Condition Paint loss t.r. Provenance Property of a Parsi Gentleman, Mumbai ` 450,000 – 675,000 US$ 7,500 – 11,250 GBP 4500 – 6750 National Art Treasure Non-Exportable Item Full image on pp. 88-89 AN EARLY LANDSCAPE PAINTING BY NATIONAL ART TREASURE SAILOZ MOOKHERJEA 33 87 Indian Antiquities, Modern & Contemporary Fine Arts