a) CHITRALIPI 2 [by] RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Published by Visva-Bharati, Calcutta
1962 [Second Edition; 1st published 1940]
2-page essay 'My Pictures' with Tagore's signatures printed at the end.
1 page carrying 2 poems in Tagore's handwriting in Bangla and English
18 tipped-in colour plates with facing page carrying its description in Bangla and English in Tagore's handwriting
Hardback with dustjacket which has a Tagore painting pasted on it.
Size: 12 x 9.5 in
b) CELEBRATION - TYEB MEHTA
Catalogue of an exhibition in 1996 in New Delhi
2-page essay by Roshan Shahani titled "Fire in the Wind" with 3 full-page and 1 double-page colour plates
8-page chronology with 15 illustrations including a portrait
Mintcondition softcover
Size: 12 x 10 in
c) PILGRIM, EXILE, SORCERER - The Painterly Evolution of Jehangir Sabavala
By Ranjit Hoskote with a preface by Richard Lannoy
BOMBAY: Eminence Designs
1998
pp. 184 and profusely illustrated with family photographs and paintings
Original hardback with fine dustjacket
Size: 11 x 11 in
d) SABAVALA
Introduction and analytical notes by S. V. VASUDEV
Bombay: Sadanga Publications / 1966
pp. 48 with 2 tipped-in colour plates and 4 b&w images in Introduction + 6 tipped-in colour plates, 1 doublefold colour plate and 24 b&w images
Rebound hardback
Size 9.5 x 9 in
e) SAKTI BURMAN: Dreamer on the Ark by Manasij Majumder
Bombay : Pundole Art Gallery, 2001.br.On the life and works of Sakti Burman, b. 1935, artist from West Bengal; includes reproduction of some of his drawings and paintings. Hardcover and dustjacket
Size: 12.25 x 9.25 in
f) JOGEN CHOWDHURY HIS LIFE AND TIMES
Kolkata: Centre of International Modern Art, 2006
Brand New, unopened
Size: 11 x 11 in
g) GAITONDE
New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi
1983
6-page essay by Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni + 27 platesandbiographical note
Hardback with dustjacket which isa little worn and chipped
Size: 10 x 10 in
h) NICHOLAS ROERICH, THE LIFE AND ART OF A RUSSIAN MASTER
Jacqueline Decter with The Nicholas Roerich Museum, London: Thames & Hudson, 1989.
Condition: very good, hard cover with dustjacket
Size: 11 x 11 in
PROVENANCE:
Property from an Eminent Parsi Collection, UK
This lot is from the collection of an eminent Parsi gentleman based in London. He began collecting books over 25 years ago, when he studied History of Art at Cambridge in the 1980s. His initial focus was on the Bombay Progressives. He is now offering a selection from his library with favourites ranging from Amrita Sher-gil, George Keyt, M F Husain and F N Souza, and a very rare privately printed, limited edition book illustrated by Bhupen Kakhar.
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