Paritosh Sen

Girls on a swing

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September 26, 03:20 PM GMT

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3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Property from a London Collection

Paritosh Sen

1918 - 2008

Girls on a swing

Acrylic on canvas

Signed and dated 'Paritosh / Sen / 2002' lower left and further signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Girls on a swing" / By / Paritosh Sen - 2002 / Acrylic on canvas / Size : 30" x 24"' on reverse

75.5 x 59.6 cm. (29 ¾ x 23 ⅜ in.)

Painted in 2002

Acquired in India circa 2002

Paritosh Sen was a member of the Calcutta Group, a collective of artists in Bengal founded in 1943. Alongside other core members such as Prodosh Dasgupta, Gopal Ghosh and Nirode Mazumdar, the Calcutta Group was not concerned with finding a nationalistic identity but rather to depict the social and political environment at the time, including the Great Bengal Famine. Drawing from Indian idioms, the group was one of the earliest efforts to introduce international aesthetic traditions to create a global language.