Lot 11
  • 11

Jamini Roy

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jamini Roy
  • Untitled (King and Queen in Carriage)
  • Signed in Bengali lower right
  • Tempera on card laid on board
  • 50.9 x 84.3 cm. (20 x 33 ⅛ in.)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by a private collector who taught at the Goethe Institute in Kolkata circa early 1970s

Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

There is craquelure and paint lifting with small losses visible in the areas where the pigment has been thickly applied. The surface is undulated and water stains are visible throughout. Small abrasions with paper loss are also visible upon close inspection.
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