GOPAL GHOSE | UNTITLED (SET OF TWO KHOAI WORKS)

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March 16, 05:19 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RANU AND NILADRI CHAKI

GOPAL GHOSE

1913 - 1980

UNTITLED (SET OF TWO KHOAI WORKS)

Ink on paper

Signed and dated in Bengali (lower right)

11 ⅞ x 17 ⅝ in. (30.1 x 44.7 cm.); 12 x 17 ⅞ in. (30.4 x 45.4 cm.)

(2)

Executed on 28 November 1946 and 25 November 1946 respectively

Acquired directly from the artist in 1978- 79

Toronto, University of Toronto, Life and Culture of Bengal, 2002

Toronto, University of Toronto, Life & Times of Rabindranath Tagore, 11 - 22 November 2005

Toronto, Metro Convention Center, Rupashi Bangla / Intellectual Tradition of Bengal and the Folk Art of Bengal, North American Bengali Conference, 4 - 6 July 2008

Khoai in Bengali refers to a geological formation specifically in Birbhum and Bankura districts of West Bengal in India. The beauty of khoai has been documented in the literary and visual history of the region. Rabindranath Tagore eternalized khoai in his writings, whilst famous artists Nandalal Bose, Ramkinkar Baij, Benode Behari Mukherjee and Gopal Ghose depicted khoai in their art.