Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
Property from a Private Asian Collection
Nandalal Bose
Untitled (Mahishasura Mardini)
Auction Closed
March 16, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Asian Collection
Nandalal Bose
1882 - 1966
Untitled (Mahishasura Mardini)
Ink, pen and brush on paper
Signed in Bengali and dated '26 / 8 / 45' (indistinctly) lower right
16 ⅝ x 12 ⅜ in. (42.2 x 31.4 cm.)
Unframed
Painted on 26 August 1945
Acquired directly from the artist in Calcutta circa 1930s
Private Collection
Thence by descent
Private Collection
Thence by descent
The current lot by pioneering artist Nandalal Bose depicts the goddess Durga slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura. This powerful and ancient theme was the subject of a similar line drawing by Nandalal that is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.