Ash, Gobardhan (Artist). Bengal Famine, 1943 | Painting
Estimates
₹100,000 - 150,000
$2,058 - 3,086Winning Bid
₹115,500
$2,377Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
1632.26
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
1.16
Gobardhan Ash
Title
Bengal Famine
Medium
Watercolour on paper
Date
1943
Size
8.90 x 7.95 in (22.60 x 20.20 cm)
Lot Number
103
Auction House
Osian's
Venue / Location
Mumbai
Date of Auction
14 August 2002
Type of Auction
Offline
Literary Reference
" These water-colour paintings in brown hues sprang from the desire to strip bare the distressing and callous reality of the life around him. Bereft of fetish or romanticism, the paintings were stark, direct and uninhibited. "
Sovom Som, rpt. in AHJ #3 1983-4, p25. rpt. in OS.Mum/14.08.02, Lot 103
Research Categories
2_FineArts
6_EconomicsArt
14_IndoWorld
Source
osians-a-historical-epic-14-august-2002-mumbai-auction-catalogue
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