Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from a Private American Collection
Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir
The Devotee; Mother
Auction Closed
March 16, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private American Collection
Sudhir Ranjan Khastgir
1907 - 1974
The Devotee; Mother
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Signed and dated in Bengali with artist's seal upper right. Further signed and titled 'The Devotee - by Sudhir R. Khastgir' on reverse
Signed and dated in Bengali with artist's seal upper left. Further signed and titled 'Mother - Sudhir R. Khastgir' on reverse
16 ¾ x 13 ⅛ in. (42.5 x 33.3 cm.) each
Framed: 22 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. (57.7 x 45 cm.) each
Quantity: 2
Executed in 1941
Private Collection, London
Sotheby's London, 17 June 1999, lots 173 and 174
Sotheby's London, 17 June 1999, lots 173 and 174
A student of Nandalal Bose at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, Sudhir Khastgir was a noted member of the Bengal School of Art. In the mid-1930s, Khastgir was appointed as the Art Master of the newly founded Doon School in Dehradun, where he remained for two decades. A prolific and celebrated painter and sculptor, Khastgir was awarded the esteemed Padma Shri in 1957 for his distinguished contribution to the arts. The current brush works on paper are tender in subject, delicate in execution, and display the same exquisite line that can be seen in works by his former teacher, Nandalal.