Majumdar, Kshitindranath (Artist). Nayika, c. late 1950s | Painting
Estimates
₹600,000 - 900,000
$7,200 - 10,800
Winning Bid
₹896,000
$10,795
Artwork Square Inch Rate (S.I.R)
5342.35
Lot Ratio | Hammer Price / Lower Estimate
1.49
Kshitindranath Majumdar | 31 Jul 1891 – 02 Jul 1975
ArtistKshitindranath Majumdar
TitleNayika
MediumWatercolour on paper
Datec. late 1950s
Size15.00 x 11.18 in (38.10 x 28.40 cm)
Lot Number15
Auction HouseDeRivaz & Ives
Venue / LocationOnline
Date of Auction09 December 2023
Type of AuctionOnline
Provenance
Acquired by Shri Probodh Chandra Bose (grandson of eminent medical practioner Sir Kailash Chandra Bose) directly from artist in 1963; thereafter by inheritance passed over to his son Shri Sankar Bose
Literary Reference
"The drawing in Kshitindranath’s work is of great importance and virtually establishes the style… lines in his mature period are long and flowing, caressingly enclosing forms. At the same time their terminations and borders make a delicate subsidiary rhythm in freely dancing lines as in scarf ends, f..."
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