ID 1295720
Lot 676 | JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
Untitled (Krishna and Balaram)
signed in Bengali (lower right)
tempera on linen
34 x 58 in. (86.4 x 147.3 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1964
The Collection of Leonard Gordon, New York
Christie's, New York, 13 September 2011, lot 1
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Leonard Gordon was introduced to Jamini Roy by his professor and life-long friend, Edward C. Dimock, Jr., of the University of Chicago while studying Bengali under a Ford Foundation Foreign Area Program grant. Mr. Gordon arrived in Calcutta in 1963 and soon became close friends with the artist, often visiting his home in Ballygunge where the front part served as a gallery to display and sell his paintings.
Literature
A. Borellini, F.P. Campione & C. Corni eds., Jamini Roy: From Tradition to Modernity, Milan, 2015, pp. 164-65 (illustrated)
S. Datta & C. Corni eds., Painting Freedom: Indian Modernism and its Three Rebels, Trecate, 2021, pp. 280-81 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Lugano, Museo delle Culture di Lugano, Jamini Roy: From Tradition to Modernity, 12 June - 23 August 2015
Singapore, National Gallery, Artist and Empire: (En)countering Colonial Legacies, 5 October 2016 - 26 March 2017
Leicester, Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, Painting Freedom: Indian Modernism and its Three Rebels, 11 September - 21 November 2021
London, Brunei Gallery, Painting Freedom: Indian Modernism and its Rebels, 11 April - 22 June 2024
| Artist: | Jamini Roy (1887 - 1972) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Jamini Roy (1887 - 1972) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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