Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RANU AND NILADRI CHAKI

RAMKINKAR BAIJ | UNTITLED (SET OF FOUR)

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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

Toronto, University of Toronto, Life and Culture of Bengal, 2002 (Village House work only) 

Toronto, University of Toronto, Life & Times of Rabindranath Tagore, 11 - 22 November 2005 (Village House work only) 

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.