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Roy also experimented with material, medium and imagery along with his experiments in visual language. While he is most known for his work with tempera made from local pigments, binder, and water, Roy also worked with gouache, ink, watercolour and oil. He even worked on a range of surfaces including canvas, mats, and other materials that added a textural quality to his art. He created sculptures, as well as "designed ashtrays, urns, vases and... Roy also experimented with material, medium and imagery along with his experiments in visual language. While he is most known for his work with tempera made from local pigments, binder, and water, Roy also worked with gouache, ink, watercolour and oil. He even worked on a range of surfaces including canvas, mats, and other materials that added a textural quality to his art. He created sculptures, as well as "designed ashtrays, urns, vases and utensils in clay without using the wheel, sundried them and then added colour and put in floral and geometric embellishments in different flat hues." (Sarkar, p. 230) The rare clay pot and tray painted by Roy in lot 7 are exceptional examples that highlight the "simplicity of the expression and the solidity of the form" that are a characteristic of Roy's sculptural creations. (Sarkar, p. 232)

While Roy passed away in 1972, he left behind "a legacy of paintings with immense vitality, philosophical sensitivity and social relevance." (Dr. Kedareswari, p. 32) His constant search for self-expression and identity ensured his art played a large role in defining the importance of folk art within the context of Indian Modernism. His works continue to be "prized possession[s] and a show of his standard works never fails to draw troops of art lovers, though taste and trend in art have been changing over the decades, even when he was alive." (Majumder, p. 46)

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