Ganesh Pyne

Property from a Private American Collector

Ganesh Pyne

1937 - 2013

The Smiling Deity

Tempera on board

Signed and dated in Bengali lower left. Bearing a Bhowanipur Art Framing Co., Calcutta label and signed in Bengali and inscribed on artist's label on reverse of backboard: ''THE SMILING DEITY' / (CIRCA. 1978) / TEMPERA ON CANVAS / GANESH PYNE / 3/1A, KAVIRAJ ROW / CALCUTTA - 700073.'

61.9 x 50 cm. (24 ⅜ x 19 ¾ in.)

Painted in 1978