Lot 268
Jamini Roy (India, 1887-1972) Bride and two Companions
12 – 13 October 2005, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £18,000 inc. premium
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Bride and two Companions
Bride and two Companions
tempera on card, signed lower right
75 x 39 cm.
75 x 39 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Collection of the late Austin Coates
Exhibited and Published:
Alpha Gallery, Singapore, Jamini Roy - the indian maestro, Exhibition Catalogue, 30 April - 10 May 1972, number 12 (illustrated).
In the catalogue, Austin Coates described the painting: 'Bride and two Companions, 1952. Style of the late 1930's, slightly modified and stronger. Note the magnificent indigo of Bengal, and how the palms of the bride's hands are smeared with red sandalpaste. Jamini Roy's choice of colours looks at first sight purely decorative. In fact, nearly every thing in his pictures has a reason and a meaning.'