Untitled (Parvati and Ganesha with Attendants)

Details

JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Parvati and Ganesha with Attendants)
signed in Bengali (lower right)
gouache on card
13 ¾ x 20 3/8 in. (34.9 x 51.8 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist during an assignment with the US State Department in India, 1951-56
Thence by descent
Bonhams San Francisco, 18 December 2007, lot 4132
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

S. Datta, Urban Patua: The Art of Jamini Roy, Mumbai, 2010, p. 1 (illustrated)
'Jamini Roy, le opera del ‘Matisse indiano’ in mostra a Lugano', Repubblica website, 27 May 2015 (illustrated)
R. Fenini, Jamini Roy, il Matisse indiano', Panorama website, Milan, 31 May 2015 (illustrated)
A. Borellini, F.P. Campione and C. Corni, eds., Jamini Roy: From Tradition to Modernity, Milan, 2015, p. 169 (illustrated)
G. Cassini, 'Jamini Roy, il Matisse indiano nel tour europeo de orientart', Art Directory website, 30 June 2015 (illustrated)
C. Corni and P. Kejariwal eds., Jamini Roy: Retracing the Lines, Kolkata, 2019, p. 165 (illustrated)

Exhibited

Lugano, Museo delle Culture, Jamini Roy: From Tradition to Modernity, 12 June - 23 August, 2015

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