470 Rabin Mondal, Indian b.1929- “Face”, 2010; acrylic on newspaper print, signed and dated in black pen, 33 x 24cm


Provenance: Purchased by the present owner directly from the artist.


Note: Certificate of Authenticity from the artist accompanies this lot.


Rabin Mondal graduated in Commerce from Calcutta University in 1952. His first formal education in art was at the Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship, Calcutta. He continued his artistic studies at the Asutosh Museum of Indian Art of the University of Calcutta. In 1964 Rabin and what is now known as the “Group of Eight” (which consisted of Nikhil Biswas, Prokash Karmakar, Bijan Chowdhury, Gopal Sanyal, Bimal Banerjee, Mahim Rudra, Gunbritt Svensson and Mondal himself) formed the Calcutta Painters. This lively group of artists worked to promote modernist art not only in Calcutta, but throughout India, becoming nationally known in the process.Rabin Mondal’s work can be found in the collections of The National Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi, Osians Art Archive, Mumbai, The Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, and the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection, Dubai. £1000-1500 + 27.6% BP*


471 Rabin Mondal, Indian b.1929- Head, 2004; acrylic on paper, signed and dated in black pen, 43 x 29.5cm


Provenance: Purchased by the present owner directly from the artist.


Note: Certificate of Authenticity from the artist accompanies this lot. £1000-1500 + 27.6% BP*


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472 Ram Kumar, Indian b.1924- Untitled; ink on paper, signed, 19.7 x 15.6cm


Provenance: Purchased by the present owner directly from the artist.


Exhibited: Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata, “Lines and Colours”, 2016. Note: Certificate of Authenticity from the artist accompanies this lot.


Born in Simla in 1924 Ram Kumar did his Masters in Economics from Delhi University. A student at the Sarada Ukil School of Art, Delhi he began to participate in group exhibitions when he was spotted by Raza who becomes a close friend. Ram Kumar left for Paris by boat and studied painting under Andre Lhote and Fernand Leger in Paris between 1949-52. He has held several solo exhibitions like the International Biennales in Tokyo in 1957 and 1970, the Venice Biennale 1958 and in Sao Paulo in 1961, 1965 and 1972. He has also participated in the Festival of India shows in the then USSR and Japan in 1987 and 1988. Rarn Kumar received the Padma Shri in 1971. He also writes short stories in Hindi and four collections of his works have been published. He has received the Prem Chand Puraskar from the U.P. Government for Meri Priya Kahaniyan, a collection of short stories. £1500-2000 + 27.6% BP*


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