Modern & Contemporary South Asian Auction
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Auction
The Surya Collection: Property from Mrs. Ute Rettberg
Bimal Das Gupta
Fantasy
Auction Closed
October 25, 02:50 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Surya Collection: Property from Mrs. Ute Rettberg
Bimal Das Gupta
1917 - 1995
Fantasy
Oil and pencil on canvas
Signed and dated 'B. Das Gupta / 84' lower right and further signed, dated and titled 'B B. Das Gupta / Fantasy 1984'
76.2 x 76.3 cm. (30 x 30 in.)
Executed in 1984
"I am a haunted man - haunted by nature - by the expansiveness of oceans... the snow-clad mountains, rugged rocks, the turbulent seas and the beings that dwell therein. To unravel the mysteries of nature - to be one with it made me wander in many lands at home and abroad..."
- Bimal Das Gupta
Exhibition Pamphlet, 'Bimal Dasgupta', Dhoomi Mal Art Gallery, New Delhi