Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern Fine Arts | June 2017

48 Ganesh Pyne (1937 – 2013) Untitled Mixed media on paper, 1969 S/d in Bengali ‘Ganesh Pyne 69’ l.l. 10.0 x 14.0 in (21.0 x 16.7 cm) Provenance Acquired from Saffronart by present owner. INR 400,000 – 600,000 USD 6,250 – 9,375 These are personal works when an artist gains liberty to paint for himself,” he says of his watercolours, a medium he has turned to after nearly 20 years. “I do something which is essentially whimsical. There is no order. I release myself… Very privately an artist wants to free himself from any kind of judgement coming from outside…every method of painting has a discipline of its own. When a painter gets tired of one kind of discipline, naturally he wants some kind of relief. He wants some kind of different medium, different technique, different type of imageries. So these are products of an attempt to free myself from the strict discipline of tempera. Dolly Narang rpt in Ganesh Pyne ExC The Village Gallery 1994. 49 Piraji Sagara (1931 – 2014) Untitled Mixed media on wood relief, 1971 S/d ‘P.C. Sagara 71’ l.r. 29.5 x 46.5 in (75.0 x 118.0 cm) Provenance Acquired directly from the Artist’s Family by Mumbai-based Collector. INR 500,000 – 750,000 USD 7,813 – 11,719 Sagara cuts deeper, his motifs, through of folk origin, are transformed; his intention is not of decoration but revelation…Sagara is resurrecting and reasserting the spirit of his people. Culled from the sprawling countryside during innumerable wanderings, stored in memory elements of folk decoration emerge in Sagara’s work as emanant presence. J. Swaminathan rpt. in Piraji Sagara , Dhoomimal Gallery, 1975, ExC. Lot 49 Indian Modern Fine Arts | 113