Mazumdar, Hemendranath (Artist). Damsel, early 1930s | Painting
Estimates
₹5,000,000 - 8,000,000
$62,500 - 100,000
Winning Bid
₹4,480,000
$56,000
Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
2512.21
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
0.90
Hemendranath Mazumdar | 19 Sep 1894 – 22 Jul 1948
ArtistHemendranath Mazumdar
TitleDamsel
MediumOil on canvas
Dateearly 1930s
Size52.24 x 34.13 in (132.70 x 86.70 cm)
Lot Number6
Auction HouseDeRivaz & Ives
Venue / LocationOnline
Date of Auction15 December 2022
Type of AuctionOnline
Literary Reference
"In socially conservative Bengal in the 1920s, it is hard to gauge people’s true feelings about Mazumdar. As his images were disused in Bengali journals, his readership could not have taken a guilty pleasure in looking at them. Classical nudes, occurring on the pages of the same journals since the ea..."
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