RAMKINKAR BAIJ | Haimantika

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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

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.