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59
JAMINI ROY
(1887 ‒ 1972)
Untitled
Signed in Bengali (lower right)
Tempera on handmade paper
12 x 17.75 in (30.3 x 45.1 cm)
Rs 4,00,000 ‒ 6,00,000
$ 6,350 ‒ 9,525
NON‒EXPORTABLE
NATIONAL ART TREASURE
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in India, circa 1960
Collection of Sir Gordon Hobday, UK
Private Collection, India
Sir Gordon Hobday (1916‒2015) was the Director of
Research at Boots Pharmaceuticals in Nottingham from
1952‒1968. Under his tenure the company developed
ibuprofen, and he later went on to become Managing
Director and Chairman in the 1970s.
58
JAMINI ROY
(1887 ‒ 1972)
Untitled
Signed in Bengali (lower right)
Tempera on canvas
22.5 x 75.75 in (57.2 x 192.2 cm)
Rs 30,00,000 ‒ 40,00,000
$ 47,620 ‒ 63,495
NON‒EXPORTABLE NATIONAL ART TREASURE
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, UK
Bonhams, London, 8 October 2013, lot 402