Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern Fine Arts | February 2019

120 | Osian’s – Connoisseurs of Art 56 GANESH PYNE 11 June 1937 / 12 March 2013 The Wings Ink on paper, 1987 S/d in Bengali l.l 8.8 x 11.9 in (22.3 x 30.1 cm) Provenance Acquired directly from the artist. The artwork is authenticated by Ganesh Pyne, dt. 22nd July 1987. INR 600,000 – 900,000 US$ 8,451 – 12,676 I have now come to the conclusion that the character of a drawing manifests itself best in black and white and that the effect of mass or tone should be rendered in lines only. Line is indeed the life of a drawing, because it is a fact that an artist thinks in terms of lines and not words. He can identify his image or theme from a collection of lines. He feels tempted to use colour to make the drawing attractive and to enhance its pictorial and tactile qualities. I do sometimes resort to this manner but that is truly the character of painting not drawing. The quality of line that we can create from the tip of a metal nib surpasses that which is made with the help of any other tool. This is the reason why I prefer to work in pen and ink. – Indian Drawing Today 1987, Ganesh Pyne, p34