Untitled (Still Life)

Details

GANESH PYNE (1937-2013)
Untitled (Still Life)
signed and dated in Bengali (lower left)
tempera on paper
8 ¾ x 10 in. (22.2 x 25.4 cm.) image; 9 ½ x 10 ½ in. (24.1 x 26.7 cm.) sheet
Executed in 1979

Provenance

The Collection of Dr A.K. Sen Gupta
Sotheby's London, 8 October 1996, lot 92
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

G. Sen, Ganesh Pyne, Revelations, Calcutta, 1999, p. 83 (illustrated)

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Lot Essay

"A single flower rises from a pot to burst into bloom. The mood is joyous and the colours vibrant with blues, greens and touches of orange. The perspective from which the single plant is viewed, balanced on a corner table, imbues this picture with a personal touch. As important as the subject under scrutiny is the ambient Iight and the mood created by resonating colours. After attempting Still Life at the College of Art (1956) Pyne returns to them occasionally in the tempera technique, now using a brilliant palette" (G. Sen, Ganesh Pyne, Revelations, Calcutta, 1999, p. 82).

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