Roy, Jamini (Artist). Mother & Child Series, late 1940s | 00417975
Estimates
₹1,000,000 - 1,500,000
$12,500 - 18,750
Winning Bid
₹1,456,000
$18,200
Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
1331.50
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
1.46
Jamini Roy | 11 Apr 1887 – 24 Apr 1972 | National Art Treasure
ArtistJamini Roy
TitleMother & Child Series
MediumTempera on Canvas
Datelate 1940s
Size40.50 x 27.00 in (102.87 x 68.58 cm)
Lot Number8
Auction HouseDeRivaz & Ives
Venue / LocationOnline
Date of Auction30 July 2022
Type of AuctionOnline
Literary Reference
"Roy offered further reasons for his choice of folk art. The ‘artistic truth’, namely concern for the ‘essential form’, once shared by prehistoric art across the world, was lost with the spread of colonial culture. Prehistoric (primitive) art fell victim to civilization, to the lures of meretricious ..."
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