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

22 OSIAN’s – Connoisseurs of Art Kalighat Patua Paintings Jagannath, Balarama and Subhadra Diluted earth pigment on paper, Late 19th century 17.7 x 10.9 in (45.0 x 27.7 cm) ` 400,000 – 600,000 $ 5,560 – 8,330 Full image on p.24 Provenance Formerly in the Niranjan Niyogi Family Collection, who in turn acquired a set of twenty-four Kalighat Patua Paintings (four of which are being sold as Lots 2 to 5) from Gopal Chandra Haldar, Sevayat of the Maa-Kali Temple at Kalighat. Four Important Kalighat Patua Paintings from the Niranjan Niyogi Family Collection directly acquired from the Maa-Kali Temple at Kalighat 2 Goddess Ganga Seated on Makara Diluted earth pigment on paper, Late 19th century 17.6 x 10.9 in (44.7 x 27.8 cm) ` 300,000 – 450,000 $ 4,170 – 6,250 Full image on p.25 3 Babu-Bibi Diluted earth pigment on paper, Early 20th century 17.6 x 10.9 in (44.7 x 27.8 cm) ` 300,000 – 450,000 $ 4,170 – 6,250 Full image on p.27 Mahanta & Elokeshi Diluted earth pigment on paper, Late 19th century 17.6 x 10.9 in (44.7 x 27.8 cm) ` 300,000 – 450,000 $ 4,170 – 6,250 Full image on p.26 5 4 ASI Registered Artwork | Non-Exportable Item Niranjan Niyogi was a dedicated bhakt of the Goddess and had his own family temple in Tangail (Dhaka district, modern day Bangladesh). These paintings were thereafter gifted to his son Amitabha Niyogi (Former Chief Secretary of Government of West Bengal), and thereafter inherited by his son Ranjan Niyogi.