Ash, Gobardhan (Artist). Food, Where Is Food? (Bengal Famine Series), 1942 | Painting | 00373309
Estimates
₹40,000 - 75,000
$833 - 1,562
Winning Bid
₹36,750
$765
Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
548.52
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
0.92
Gobardhan Ash
ArtistGobardhan Ash
TitleFood, Where Is Food? (Bengal Famine Series)
MediumWatercolour on paper
Date1942
Size9.72 x 6.89 in (24.70 x 17.50 cm)
Lot Number60
Auction HouseOsian's
Venue / LocationMumbai
Date of Auction20 October 2001
Type of AuctionOffline
Literary Reference
"The Progressive Writers’ Association discovered him in 1945 through a series of paintings on the Bengal famine, done in 1943. 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, t..."
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