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Lot 1
Shyamal Dutta Ray | Untitled

Date of Birth: 1934 - 2005

Medium: Pencil on paper

Size: 4.5 x 5.5 inches

Signed by: Signed 'Shyamal Dutta Ray' on lower right

Provenance: Collection of a reputed art gallery, New Delhi

Estimate: ₹ 20,000 - ₹ 30,000

Description

Shyamal Dutta Ray began his career in the 1950s, first working in oil and later switching to watercolour on medical advice. Dutta Ray’s paintings speak of the juvenile ill-health and experience of Bengal famine. His paintings are also laden with satire and wit and are often subtly political. His works respond to reality with often a wilful distortion and communicate his preoccupation with the human condition.