Crucifixion

細節

Jamini Roy (1887 - 1972)
Crucifixion
Signed in Bengali lower right with inscription 'no 97' on reverse
Tempera on canvas
28 x 38 in. (71.2 x 91.5 cm.)

展覽

London, The Imperial Institute (now the Commonwealth Institute), April - July 1946.

注意事項

This lot is offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold.

拍品專文

This work was bought directly from the artist by the present owner and it is one of the few early works by Jamini Roy that is painted on cloth. These works are extremely rare and most closely reveal his personal style. The work shows clear influence of the pat paintings of rural Bengal and yet it also reflects the diagramatic organization of Byzantine mosaics.
Although Jamini Roy was not familiar with Biblical stories, he painted several works based on the life of Christ. In a conversation with Mary Milford in 1943, Jamini Roy said 'I am not a Christian. I do not read the New Testament, or any other writing but I meditate on what I have heard and what I know.'