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JAMINI ROY | UNTITLED (FIVE WOMEN)

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September 16, 07:05 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 USD

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JAMINI ROY

1887 - 1972

UNTITLED (FIVE WOMEN)

Tempera on masonite. Signed in Bengali lower right.

11 ½ x 31 ¼ in. (29.4 x 79.5 cm.)

Framed: 13 ⅝ x 33 ¼ in. (34.7 x 84.5 cm.)

Acquired by Bonnie R. Crown during her travels in India circa 1950s-60s

Purchased from the estate of the above in New York in 2017

Bonnie R. Crown was the Director of the Asian Literature Program at the Asia Society, New York from 1959 to 1976. During that time she traveled to almost every Asian country, visiting India many times to discover new writers and books to share with the American public.