Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art

Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom

Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom Mukul Dey 1895 - 1989 Untitled (Set of 1 Drawing and 8 Etchings) Pencil on paper; drypoint etchings on paper Signed and dated 'mukul Dey. 1920' lower right; Initialled lower right and inscribed 'No 10/ A14699/ W No 95 A/ 6' lower left; Engraved in Bengali centre left and signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right, inscribed '"Dr Rabindranath Tagore" / Original Drypoint by Mukul Dey.' on mount sleeve; Engraved 'A Einstein' in reverse lower centre and signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right; Signed 'Mukul Dey.' lower right and inscribed '"The Sacred Tree"/ Original Dry-point' lower border and further inscribed '10/ "The Sacred Tree"' on mount sleeve; Signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed 'ORIGINAL DRY-POINT/ ON THE WAY TO AJANTA CAVES/ BY MUKUL DEY' on mount sleeve; Signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed 'ORIGINAL DRY-POINT/ "THE BOY JESUS GIVES LIFE TO CLAY BIRDS"/ BY MUKUL DEY' on mount sleeve; Signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed '23/ A40268/ Final State - 30 imps' along lower edge and inscribed '14/ "Sankuntala's Farewell" on mount sleeve; Signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed '9/ "The Street Singers"/ 1st State only 2 imps' on mount board 14.2 x 8.8 cm. (5 ½ x 3 ½ in.); 22.4 x 32.4 cm. (8 ¾ x 12 ¾ in.); image: 15.2 x 10.5 cm.(6 x 4 1/4 in.) sheet: 31 x 19.5 cm. (12 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.); image: 17.2 x 14 cm. (6 ¾ x 5 ½ in.) sheet: 30.8 x 19 cm. (12 ⅛ x 7 ½ in.); image: 37.5 x 20 cm. (14 ¾ x 7 ⅞ in.) sheet: 50.5 x 29.4 cm. (19 ⅞ x 11 ½ in.); image: 12.4 x 17.2 cm. (4 ⅞ x 6 ¾ in.) sheet: 19.5 x 25.5 cm. (7 ¾ x 10 in.); image: 18.8 x 21 cm. (7 ⅜ x 8 ¼ in.) sheet: 26 x 27 cm. (10 ¼ x 10 ⅝ in.); image: 29 x 19.5 cm. (11 ⅜ x 7 ⅝ in.) sheet: 41.2 x 26.4 cm. (16 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.); image: 21.2 x 14.7 cm. (8 ⅜ x 5 ¾ in.) sheet: 25.4 x 19.4 cm. (10 x 7 ⅝ in.) (9)

View 1 of Lot 36: Untitled (Set of 1 Drawing and 8 Etchings)

untitled (set of 1 drawing and 8 etchings)

Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom Mukul Dey 1895 - 1989 Untitled (Set of 1 Drawing and 7 Etchings) Pencil on paper; drypoint etchings on paper Signed, dated and inscribed 'Mukul Dey / Shridharkhola / May 17, 1918' lower left; signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed '11 / "A Santal Maiden"' on mount board; signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed '12 / "A Street Scene Calcutta"' on mount board; signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right, engraved 'Sven Hedin' in reverse in centre, and inscribed '15 / "Dr Sven Hedin"' on mount sleeve; signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed '9 A.40507' lower border; signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed "The Sacred Tree" lower left; signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed '8 / SIR P.D. Pattani' on mount board; signed 'Mukul Dey' lower right and inscribed '13/ "On the Ganges Calcutta" on mount board. 25.4 x 17.8 cm. (10 x 6 ⅞ in.); image: 14 x 10 cm. (5 ½ x 3 ⅞ in.) sheet: 29 x 23.2 cm. (11 ⅜ x 9 ⅛ in.); image: 17.2 x 14 cm. (6 ¾ x 5 ½ in.) sheet: 25.8 x 19 cm. (10 ¼ x 7 ½ in.); image: 14.8 x 12 cm. (5 ¾ x 4 ¾ in.) sheet: 25.8 x 19 cm. (10 ⅛ x 7 ½ in.); image: 30.5 x 20 cm. (12 x 7 ⅞ in.) sheet: 41.2 x 26.2 cm. (16 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.); image: 37.7 x 20 cm. (14 ⅞ x 7 ⅞ in.) sheet: 48.8 x 32.8 cm. (19 ¼ x 12 ⅞ in.); image: 27.4 x 22.8 cm. (10 ¾ x 9 in.) sheet: 38.4 x 34.7 cm. (15 ¼ x 13 ⅝ in.); image: 11.2 x 21.8 cm. (4 ⅜ x 8 ⅝ in.) sheet: 20.4 x 30 cm. (8 x 11 ⅞ in.) (8)

View 1 of Lot 38: Untitled (Set of 1 Drawing and 7 Etchings)

untitled (set of 1 drawing and 7 etchings)

Composition IV, from: Etchings for an Exhibition [Planche IV : Gravures Pour Une Exposition], by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=joan+miro&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joan Miró</a>, 1973.<ul><li>Joan Miró (Spanish 1893-1983).</li><li>Etching and aquatint in colors.</li><li>Hand-signed.</li><li>Part of an edition of 75.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This original etching and aquatint in colors is monogrammed in pencil by the artist “M" at lower right corner. It was printed by Morsang, Paris and published by Pierre Matisse, New York in 1973 in a limited edition of 75 impressions. There were also a 15 hors commerce [Out of Trade] proofs aside the standard edition.&nbsp; This is the fourth composition (of four) etchings produced by the artist on the occasion of the 1973 exhibition “Miró, paintings, gouaches, sobreteixims, sculpture and etchings” held at Pierre Matisse, New York. The suite also included one lithograph. The work has been inscribed with the number 72/75 by another hand in the lower left corner.

Composition IV, from: Etchings for an Exhibition | Planche IV : Gravures Pour Une Exposition

Strong impressions of etchings of grotesque masks after original designs by the Italian artist and engraver Aloisio Giovannoli (1550–1618).<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4.</li><li>Each set with nine plates.</li><li>The publisher claims that the masks were inspired by antiquity, but a more likely source of inspiration is the work of Giulio Romano (Pouncey &amp; Gere, Italian Drawings in the British Museum, Raphael and his circle, London 1962, plates 94, 113) and others, including the French Renaissance artist René Boyvin (ca. 1525–1598).</li><li>Published by Venanzio Monaldini, Rome.</li><li>Published as Serie di Mascheroni Cavati dall'antico che per la prima volta escono in luce intagliati in rame opera utile a professori ed amatori delle belle arti.</li><li>Framed and glazed.</li></ul> Plates are lettered either "Libro P[rimo]" or "Libro S[econdo]" and also numbered, inscribed "C.P." (cum priviligio), some have the artist's name, "Ali Gio." On some plates, this has been partially burnished out. There is no record of any previous issue of the plates, and Monaldini's claim on the title page (not present) that&nbsp;prints here are "per la prima volta escono in luce" makes it probable that these prints are published here for the first time.

Italian Grotesque Mask Etchings

A collection of etchings from Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented Perspectives, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Barry+Le+Va&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barry Le Va</a>, 1981.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3.</li><li>Barry Le Va (American, 1941-2021).</li><li>Etchings with Aquatint on Grey BFK Rives.</li><li>Signed and numbered in pencil.</li><li>Edition 21/23.</li><li>Published by Parasol Press Ltd &amp; Crown Point Press.</li><li>Each is presented unframed.</li></ul> From the portfolio "Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented Perspectives," published with Parasol Press Ltd &amp; Crown Point Press.

Etchings from Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented Perspectives

The complete portfolio of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Alexander+Calder&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexander Calder</a>'s illustrations for <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=e.e+cummings&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">E.E Cumming</a>'s play Santa Claus.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 9.</li><li>Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976).</li><li>After the play by E.E. Cummings (American).</li><li>Paris: Editions de l'Herne, 1974.</li><li>Large folio.</li><li>Limited edition, number 172 on grand vélin d'Arches from a total edition of 175.</li><li>9 etchings, each signed by Calder in pencil.</li><li>Loose as issued in brown printed wrappers and brown cloth box with Calder's design to upper cover and title to spine.</li></ul> Santa Claus was originally published by Cummings in 1946 and is an allegory in five scenes. The characters are Death, Santa Claus, the Crowd, the Child and the Woman and was inspired by Cumming's reunion with his daughter Nancy after a bitter divorce. Alexander Calder illustrates this monumental artist's book with nine full-page etchings, whose simplified linear motifs deftly convey the emotional power of the story.

Santa Claus | Complete Portfolio of Etchings

Alpine Etchings by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Peter+Doig&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Doig</a>, 2021.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 16.</li><li>Peter Doig (English, born 1959).</li><li>Etching with aquatint.</li><li>Signed and numbered.</li><li>Part of an edition of 20.</li></ul> A truly special set composed of 16 works, all with matching edition numbers including:AlpinistCat, Christ, AvalancheChamois CabinCouloir (Red)First Cat ZermattGornergrat Sahara DustGornergrat Yellow SkyJet SetTwo Brothers (Red)Wall of DeathYoung Zermatt SkierYoung Zermatt Skiers (Night)Zermatt 2021Zermatt Street Scene C.P.Zermatt Street Scene D.W.Zermatt Street Scene P.D.

Alpine Etchings | Set of 16

Photographs and Etchings by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Jim+Dine&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jim Dine</a> and <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Lee+Friedlander&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lee Friedlander</a>, 1969.<ul><li>Jim Dine (American, born 1935).</li><li>Lee Friedlander (American, born 1934).</li><li>Portfolio of 16 diptychs of silver Prints and etchings on Hodgkinson hand-made waterleaf paper.</li><li>Each signed and numbered in pencil by both artists.</li><li>Edition PP.</li><li>Printed by Lee Friedlander &amp; Jim Dine.</li><li>Published by Petersburg Press.</li></ul> A portfolio of sixteen loose images of photographs and etching on paper, watermarked and handmade by Hodgkinson for this publication. Each image is numbered and signed by the artists. The photographs we printed by Lee Friedlander in February and March 1969 in New City, NY. The etchings were printed in July and August 1969 in Amsterdam. The boxes were made by Rudolf Rieser in Cologne, Germany.

Photographs and Etchings

R.B. Kitaj, from: Six Etchings of Heads, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Frank+Auerbach&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Auerbach</a>, 1980-81.<ul><li>Frank Auerbach (German-British, 1931-2024).</li><li>Etching in Grey and Black on Arches Wove Paper.</li><li>Hand signed and numbered.</li><li>Part of an edition of 50.</li><li>Printed by Terry Wilson at Palm Tree Studios, London.</li><li>Published by Bernard Jacobson, London.</li></ul> This was the first series of etchings undertaken by Auerbach with the inspiration for the sitters coming from his friends and family. The series consists of portraits of Julia Auerbach, Gerda Boehm, Lucian Freud, Leon Kossof, Joe Tilson and R.B. Kitaj.

R.B. Kitaj, from: Six Etchings of Heads

Etching No. 135, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Zao+Wou-Ki&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zao Wou-Ki</a>, 1986.<ul><li>Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese 1921-2013).</li><li>Etching and aquatint in Colors on Guarro Wove Paper.</li><li>Hand-signed and numbered.</li><li>Part of an edition of 99.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This original etching and aquatint in colors is hand signed in pencil by the artist in Chinese and Pinyin at the lower right margin,&nbsp;and dated in pencil next to the signature '86 [1986].&nbsp;It is also hand numbered from the edition of 99, at the lower left margin.&nbsp; This work was published by Polígrafa, Barcelona in 1986 in a limited edition of 99 hand signed and numbered impressions. There were a further 15 artist proofs. The paper bears the Guarro watermark.

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