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KALIGHAT PAT
WEST BENGAL
MID 20
TH
CENTURY
$ 2,310 ‒ 3,080
Rs 1,50,000 ‒ 2,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, South India
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PAIR OF KALIGHAT PATS
WEST BENGAL
MID 20
TH
CENTURY
a)
Wrestler with Leopard
Watercolour on paper
17.75 x 11.5 in (45.2 x 29.5 cm)
b)
Courtesan
Watercolour on paper
17.75 x 11.5 in (45.2 x 29.8 cm)
$ 1,540 ‒ 2,310
Rs 1,00,000 ‒ 1,50,000
(Set of two)
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, South India
a)
Seated Ganga with Alligator Mount
Watercolour on paper
19 x 12.75 in (48.5 x 32.6 cm)
b)
Ganesha with Mooshika Mount
Watercolour on paper
18.75 x 12 in (47.8 x 30.5 cm)
c)
Composite Image of Shiva and Krishna
Watercolour on paper
17.75 x 12 in (45.7 x 31 cm)
(Set of three)
“The Kalighat school of painting is perhaps the first school
of painting in India that is truly modern as well as popular.
With their bold simplifications, strong lines, vibrant colours
and visual rhythm, these paintings have a surprising affinity
to modern art.”
A N SARKAR AND C MACKAY
Kalighat temple, Calcutta, 1945
Source: Clyde Waddell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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