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

43 Dhanraj Bhagat 1917-1988 Lullaby Wood, c.1952 9.8 x 9.3 x 4.7 in (25.0 x 23.5 x 12.0 cm) Provenance Private Mumbai-based Collector; formerly acquired from the Artist Family Collection in 2004 INR 400,000 – 600,000 USD 5,970 – 8,960 ‘Bhagat evolved forms out of timber that seem to have been secreted inside those pieces of wood for ages, and have been liberated by his chisel…. His sensitive and lyrical wooden figures flowed like music, and melted forms one into the other, with soft, undulating lines…’ – Charles Fabri, rpt. in Bhagat . LKA 1964. 90 | Osian’s–Connoisseurs of Art