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RAMKINKAR BAIJ | Haimantika
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description
- Ramkinkar Baij
- Haimantika
- Titled in Bengali on reverse. This work is unique
- Copper etching on paper
- 6 ⅛ x 3 ⅝ in. (15.5 x 9.2 cm.)
- Executed in 1951
Provenance
Private Collection, Calcutta
Acquired from the above in the late 1970s
Acquired from the above in the late 1970s
Catalogue Note
A unique copper etching by Ramkinkar Baij, this work depicts a lady holding rice paddy during the harvest in November in the season of Hemanta (just before winter). Hence the title Haimantika.