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Hemendranath Mazumdar
(1894 - 1948)
Untitled



Bengali women are a recurring subject in Mazumdar’s work. His wife was likely a model for many of his works and he also painted from photographs. As seen in lot 27, proof of the artist’s mastery of his craft lies in his realistic depictions of women, not as impersonal academic studies but as enigmatic subjects with their own private inner world. Through soft lines and elegant volumes, the artist portrayed the female form with a dreamy...



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  Lot 27 of 78  

EVENING SALE: MODERN ART
16 SEPTEMBER 2023
Estimate



Winning Bid
Rs 11,40,000
$13,735
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Hemendranath Mazumdar
 Untitled

 Signed and inscribed 'To Koushalya Devi/ (NADIA PALACE)/ Specimen for oil Durbar Painting/ Hemendranath Mazumdar' and dated indistinctly '24TH March/ 19_' (left side); bearing seal (on the reverse)
Circa 1940s
Coloured pencil on paper
6 x 9.25 in (15.2 x 23.5 cm)

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, New Delhi
Property from the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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