Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern Contemporary Fine Arts | October 2018

122 OSIAN’s – Connoisseurs of Art J. Swaminathan b. 21 June 1928 – d. 25 April 1994 Mountain & Bird Series Oil on canvas, 1976 32.2 x 46.1 in (81.7 x 117.0 cm) S/d in Devanagari ‘Swaminathan 76’ on verso ` 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 $ 55,560 – 83,330 Full DPS image on pp.120-121 52 Provenance Formerly in the Royal Art Collection of H. H. Srimant Balkrishnaraje (Balasaheb) Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne, s/o H.H. Flt. Lt. Srimant Yashwantrao (Rajasaheb) Martandrao Mukne (Last Maharaja of Jawhar Dynasty). He was also the first Member of Parliament from the newly created Dahanu constituency in the 4th Lok Sabha of 1967. This Lot was gifted by the artist J.Swaminathan to H.H. in 1978 who was then presiding over as a Chief Guest in a Cultural Tribal Art Function in Bhopal. Thereafter it was acquired in 2002 by the present Mumbai- based owner. Detailed Artist Biography osianama.com/artists/ j-swaminathan