Eclectic | New York
Eclectic | New York
Property from the Collection of Ranu and Niladri Chaki
JAMINI ROY | i. UNTITLED (GANESH) ii. UNTITLED (KINGDOM OF CARDS)
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May 1, 04:12 PM GMT
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2,000 - 4,000 USD
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Property from the Collection of Ranu and Niladri Chaki
JAMINI ROY
1887 – 1972
i. UNTITLED (GANESH)
ii. UNTITLED (KINGDOM OF CARDS)
ii. signed in Bengali
each: ink on paper laid on card
Card: i. 5 ⅞ by 3 ⅝ in. (15 by 9 cm.);
ii. 4 ⅞ by 3 ⅞ in. (11.9 by 9.8 cm.)
Overall framed: 10 ⅞ by 14 ½ in. (27.9 by 37 cm.)
Acquired from the artist's family in 1972
Jamini Roy is one of the most revered and celebrated Indian painters whose artistic originality and contribution to modern Indian art in India is unparalleled. He is among nine artists whose works were declared national treasures by the Government of India in the 1970s for their artistic brilliance. This also meant that by law, his work cannot be exported outside India.
These are unusual sketches. Jamini Roy painted Ganesh in many forms but in general sketches of Ganesh are rare. The Kingdom of cards is inspired by Indian Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore's epic dance drama, Tasher Desh, written in 1933. It was loosely based on Alice in Wonderland which went on to become a political commentary on the stifling of freedom.