Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts and Books | April 2017

52 Piraji Sagara 1931-2014 Untitled Jute pasted on board, 1960 S/d in English ‘P. C. Sagara 60’ l.r. 50.0 x 32.3 in (127.0 x 82.0 cm) Provenance Private Mumbai-based Collector; previously acquired directly from the Artist Family Collection INR 500,000 – 750,000 USD 7,460 – 11,190 ‘Piraji constantly insists on the need to enter into the secret of the creative drive to form and to penetrate to the heart of simple but profound mystery of nature. His drawings and paintings range from portraits and landscapes to symbolic and metaphoric images….to get hold of the invisible, Piraji penetrates as deeply as possible into the visible and tries to transfer ‘his’ reality into the paintings. Deep-rooted philosophical sources of these symbolic expressions lie in Piraji’s profound study of Indian art, culture and religion, in other words, Indian world view.’ – Subhash Shah rpt. in Piraji Sagara . New Delhi: LKA 1995. Select Artworks by Piraji Sagara Untitled Pen and ink on paper, 1972 35.8 x 47.8 in (91.0 x 121.5 cm) IMCA Auction #168/ Osian’s New Delhi/ 15 July 2008 (Lot 68) Assemblage Wood and metal, 1966 35.8 x 59.4 in (91.0 x 151.0 cm) IMCA Auction #142/ Osian’s Mumbai/ 19 January 2008 (Lot 104) Untitled Mix media on board (relief), 1972 32.1 x 48.2 in (81.5 x 122.5 cm) IMCA Auction #168/ Osian’s New Delhi/ 15 July 2008 (Lot 67) Untitled Mixed media on cardboard, 1955 18.2 x 17.9 in (46.3 x 45.5 cm) IMCA Auction #132/ Osian’s Mumbai/ 8 September 2007 (Lot 40) Farmers Oil on jute canvas pasted on board, 1960 28.0 x 25.2 in (71.0 x 63.9 cm) IMCA Auction #113/ Osian’s New Delhi/ 24 November 2006 (Lot 49) Stupa Of Nepal Mixed Media on board, 1968 41.9 x 35.2 in (106.5 x 89.5 cm) IMCA Auction #78/ Osian’s Mumbai/ 9 February 2005 (Lot 3) Untitled Mixed media on wood, 1986 47.8 x 35.7 in (121.4 x 90.7 cm) IMCA Auction #106/ Osian’s Mumbai/ 9 September 2006 (Lot 33) Fishermen Wood, nails and beads collage-relief, 1970 29.0 x 35.0 in (73.7 x 89.0 cm) IMCA Auction #17/ HEART Mumbai/ 15 November 1997 (Lot 134) Please Login to www.osianama.com to have full & free access to the Auction Prices Database 114 | Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art