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Lot No. 28
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ANANDJIT RAY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  b. 1965

                                                                                                                                                                                           DIVER FOR COUSTAU/PENITANCE FOR NON-BATHERS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  27 x 38.5 in (68.5 x 97.7 cm)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Watercolour & gouache on paper
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               1999–2000
                                                                                                                                                                                                       ` 2,00,000 – 3,00,000 | $ 2,500 – 3,750

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Signed & Dated: Verso


                                                                                                                                                                          Born  in  Kolkata  in 1965,  Anandajit   received the prestigious Sanskriti
                                                                                                                                                                          Ray’s artistic identity is deeply   Award from the Sanskriti Foundation
                                                                                                                                                                          intertwined  with  his  self-professed   in  1999.  Ray’s  works  have  been
                                                                                                                                                                          role as a ‘surface painter’ of urban   showcased  in  solo  and  group
                                                                                                                                                                          conflicts. His art examines how these   exhibitions at the Sakshi Gallery, the
                                                                                                                                                                          urban tribulations erode the humane   Pundole Art Gallery, the Eicher Gallery,
                                                                                                                                                                          elements within the individual, and is   and at the Bangladesh Biennale in
                                                                                                                                                                          a visual commentary on the evolving   1995 and Kunsthalle Wien in Austria
                                                                                                                                                                          nature of human experience. He   in 2002.

























               Lot No. 27
               SUBBA GHOSH
               b. 1961

               SAME WORLD DIFFERENT PLACE
               30 x 24 in (76.2 x 60.9 cm)
               Oil on canvas
               2023
               ` 1,00,000 – 1,50,000 | $ 1,250 - 1,875

               Signed & Dated: Verso
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