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

26 Sailoz Mookherjea (1907 – 1960) Untitled Oil on board, nd Labeled by Dhoomimal Gallery on verso 24.0 x 18.0 in (59.0 x 45.6 cm) Provenance Purchased directly from the artist by Dhoomimal Art Gallery. Exhibition Reference Exhibited at the 5th Triennale at the Lalit Kala Akademi, March- April 1982 INR 800,000 – 1,200,000 USD 12,500 – 18,750 National Art Treasure Non-Exportable Item 27 Sailoz Mookherjea (1907 – 1960) Untitled Oil on canvas, nd Signed ‘Sailoz’ t.l. 18.0 x 30.0 in (45.2 x 75.0 cm) Provenance Purchased directly from the artist by Dhoomimal Art Gallery. Exhibition Reference Exhibited at the 5th Triennale at the Lalit Kala Akademi INR 1,600,000 – 2,400,000 USD 25,000 – 37,500 National Art Treasure | Non-Exportable Item Full double-spread image on pp.68-69 “The comparison between Sailoz Mookherjea and Amrita Sher Gil is appropriate. Both artists have drawn their inspiration, not from the mere externals of our great masterpieces of the past, to which the Bengal School has unfortunately confined itself, but from the spirit behind them. Both have painted the India throbbing around them. Both have restored to emotive distortion in order to emphasize the essentially romantic element in their subjects. The difference between the two artists is the same as that between Modigliani and Matisse. Sher-Gil is sombre and serene and Sailoz sweet and suave.” A.S. Raman in 1950, rpt. in Trends & Traditions: Eighty Glorious Years. [Dhoomimal Gallery: 2017]; pp.61. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India at an exhibition of Sailoz Mookherjea, who is seen explaining his paintings. A rare photograph of Sailoz Mookherjea, Lady Edwina Mountbatten, Artist Abani Sen and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Two Rare Early canvases by National Art Treasure Sailoz Mookherjea Indian Modern Fine Arts | 67