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Lot 268

Jamini Roy (India, 1887-1972)
Bride and two Companions

12 – 13 October 2005, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Jamini Roy (India, 1887-1972)
Bride and two Companions

tempera on card, signed lower right
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.'

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