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

28 | Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art 9 Chatterjee’s Picture Albums 8 issues complete with 128 colour plates (Nos. 2 to 8 and 16) Issued by Modern Review Office in Calcutta in the 1920s In all 17 issues were published Each issue has 16 colour plates based on paintings of contemporary Indian artists, majority of them from Bengal, and 1 or 2 sheets of notes on the paintings at the end. All 8 issues, with the exception of No. 6, were printed by U. Ray & Sons, a press owned by the Satyajit Ray’s family. No. 6 is printed at Prabasi Press Artists covered are Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Asit Kumar Haldar, Bireshwar Sen, Gaganendranath Tagore, Sarada Charan Ukil, Mukul Chandra De, M. A. R. Chughtai, Sukhalata Rao, M. V. Dhurandhar, Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury and a host of now-forgotten artists. 11.2 x 8.9 in (28.5 x 22.5 cm) Provenance Eminent Private Collector of Rare Books & Prints, Dehra Dun INR 25,000 – 37,500 USD 370 – 560 Set of 8