Lot#32 || Chittaprosad Bhattacharya (1915-1978)
UNTITLED (Railway Station)
(1951)
Pastel on paper
Signed lower left
21.50 x 28.00 in
Estimate ₹ 6,00,000 - ₹ 8,00,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired from the artist’s family, Kolkata, 1999. Gifted to Columbia University Press. Christie’s 2019
Acquired from the artist’s family, Kolkata, 1999. Gifted to Columbia University Press. Christie’s 2019
CATALOGUE NOTESChittaprosad Bhattacharya was an artist avid storyteller and poet. His body of works document human suffering the labouring poor and the marginalised. Chittaprosad's artistic oeuvre is a revolution against the tyranny of domination and social injustice at that time.
