Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

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Property from a Private Collector, New York

Mukul Chandra Dey

Set of 17 Etchings + 1 newspaper clipping collage + 1 letter from artist to Taylor Sloan

Auction Closed

March 16, 05:25 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collector, New York

Mukul Chandra Dey

1895 - 1989

Set of 17 Etchings + 1 newspaper clipping collage + 1 letter from artist to Taylor Sloan


Etchings on paper 

1. Signed, titled and inscribed in pencil 'Mahatma Gandhi Mukul Dey / Very rare proof Plate Destroyed' along lower edge

2. Signed, titled and inscribed 'To Bithur Math Fair: Pilgrims ... Morning Mukul Chandra Deva- Dey / Sending this to...4" in. x 9 ¾" in' along lower edge 

3. Signed, titled and inscribed '"On the Way to Puri Temple" ...Mukul Chandra Deva De- Dey / 8 ¾" high x 10" ¼" wide' along lower edge

4. Kaventar's Farm: Signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Kaventar's Farm" Mukul C. Dey - Dec. 1971 / at Ghoom, Darjeeling, Himalayas,' along lower edge

5. Kaventar's Farm: Signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Kaventar's Farm" Mukul C. Dey - Dec. 1971 / at Ghoom, Darjeeling- Himalayas' along lower edge  

6. The Filled Pitcher: Signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"The Filled Pitcher" Mukul C. Deva - 1976/ .....' along lower edge 

7. Dr. Sven Hedin:  Signed, titled and inscribed 'Dr/ Sven Hedin Mukul Dey / Berlin - 1926 Plate Destroyed' along lower edge. Bearing copyright stamp of Mukul Dey on reverse

8. The Day of Festival: Signed and titled 'The Day of Festival Mukul Dey' along lower edge 

9. Cotton Street - Calcutta- A Street Scene: Signed, dated and titled 'Cotton Street - Calcutta- a street scene Mukul Dey 1917' along lower edge 

10. J. MacLeod: Belur Math: Signed, titled and inscribed 'J. MacLeod . / Belur Math Mukul Dey / Plate destroyed - Swami Vivekananda's pioneer' along lower edge

11. H. Ponter- Moller: Signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'H. Ponter- Moller Mukul Dey - Jan 22, 1937 / 3rd State: Moller the Swedish Merchant......' along lower edge  

12. The Day of Festival: Signed, dated and titled ''The Day of Festival' Mukul Dey / Feb . 1. 1939' along lower edge 

13: The Young Sanyani: Signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"The Young Sanyani" at Benaras Ghat / making .... Mukul Chandra Dev Dey 1974.' along lower edge. Also inscribed in Bengali. 

14. Omkar Baba: Signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Omkar Baba" a State proof . Mukul Dey, August 30, 1968' along lower edge. Also inscribed in Bengali. 

15. Francis YoungHusband: Signed, titled and inscribed 'Francis Young Husband Mukul Dey / Great English writer ......Plate destroyed' along lower edge

16. Hilsa Fishing on Ganga River: Signed and titled 'Hilsa Fishing on Ganga River Mukul Dey' along lower edge 

17. R.B. Cunninghame Graham: Signed, titled and inscribed 'Mukul Dey / Late Mr. R.B. Cunninghame Graham - Signed proof Plate destroyed ....' along lower edge. Bears signature of subject  

Varied sizes: Smallest: 4 ⅞ x 6 ⅝ in. (12.3 x 16.8 cm.) Largest: 11 ⅛ x 16 in. (28.2 x 40.6 cm.)

Unframed

Quantity: 17

Earliest: 1917

Latest: 1976 

Private Collection of James Blanding Sloan

Thence by descent

Michaan's Auctions, California, 9 May 2015, lot 354 and 365


James Blanding Sloan (1886 – 1975), also known as Blanding Sloan, was an American etcher, printmaker, theatrical designer, educator, painter, and puppeteer. Mukul Dey learnt the technique of intaglio printmaking from Sloan in Chicago in 1916 - 1917.