Jamini Roy Indian, 1887-1972
Untitled (Man on Horseback)
Gouache on Card
11 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.
29.7 x 39.6 cm
29.7 x 39.6 cm
Jamini Roy's 'Man on Horseback' features a stylized folk figure riding a richly adorned horse, rendered in bold, flat colours and simplified forms. Roy's use of traditional motifs and dynamic...
Jamini Roy's "Man on Horseback" features a stylized folk figure riding a richly adorned horse, rendered in bold, flat colours and simplified forms. Roy's use of traditional motifs and dynamic lines prompts a sense of movement and storytelling, seizing the essence of rural Indian life. Roy's oeuvre is significant for its homage to indigenous art forms, seamlessly blending with modernist aesthetics and reviving traditions with a contemporary visual language.
Provenance
Formerly from the collection of Mr. Baldoon Dhingra, Paris—an art historian, writer, and poet who served as an Indian delegate to UNESCO and resided in Paris from the 1940s through the 1960s, during which period he was an ardent collector of Indian art and is believed to have acquired this work on one of his many trips back to India; by descent to Ms. Gitanjali Dhingra, from whom the present work was acquired in 1996; subsequently sold at Christie’s, New York, South Asian Modern & Contemporary, Live Auction 2577, Rockefeller Plaza, 12 September 2012, Lot 361; thereafter acquired by a private collector based in Delhi; presently consigned to Sanchit Art by the above-mentioned collector for the purpose of sale. Gallery certificate is available.2
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