Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RANU AND NILADRI CHAKI
RAMKINKAR BAIJ | UNTITLED (SET OF FOUR)
Auction Closed
March 16, 05:19 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RANU AND NILADRI CHAKI
RAMKINKAR BAIJ
1906 - 1980
UNTITLED (SET OF FOUR)
Ink and watercolor on paper; Pen and ink and paper; Ink on paper (2)
Signed and dated in Bengali lower left; Dated '31.1.57' and signed in Bengali lower right; Signed in Bengali lower right (2)
7 ⅜ x 10 ⅜ in. (18.7 x 26.3 cm.); 6 ⅞ x 8 ⅛ in. (17.4 x 20.6 cm.); 3 ⅜ x 5 ⅛ in. (8.5 x 13 cm.); 5 ⅛ x 3 ⅜ in. (13 x 8.5 cm.)
(4)
Painted on 2 February 1942; Executed on 31 January 1957; Two smaller works are undated
Private Collection, Calcutta
Acquired from the above in the late 1970s
This selection of expressionistic sketches by Ramkinkar Baij highlight his zest for natural life and general human drama. While one of them depicts spring as a woman, the other three show village life and the holokorshon/ploughing festival. Baij’s paper works have an expressionistic fervor just like his sculptures.