Lot 572
  • 572

Gopal Ghose

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gopal Ghose
  • Returning Home; Through the Field
  • Signed and dated 'Ghosh / 13/4/54' lower right; Signed and dated 'Ghosh 61' lower right 
  • Pastel on paper; Conte crayon on paper
  • 13¾ x 20¾ in. (35 x 52.8 cm.); 14⅛ x 19 in. (36 x 48.3 cm.)
  • Executed in 1954; Executed in 1961

Exhibited

New Delhi, Spirit Set Free, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, October 2005
New York, Rubin Museum of Art, Modernist Art from India: Radical Terrain, November 2012- April 2013

Literature

S.K. Jain, Spirit Set Free, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2005, illustration p. 27-28
U. Nair, Rustic Resonance: Gopal Ghose, Important Paintings from the 1950s and 1960s, Kumar Gallery (P) Ltd. illustration p. 45-46

Condition

Framed work: Slight creasing with minor associated losses are seen only in the corners. Unframed work: Pinholes on upper corners. Abrasions on the paper surface in the sky on the left and right sides are inherent. These works are in overall very good condition.
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