a)
HALF-TONE REPRINTS OF THE RENOWNED PICTURES OF THE LATE RAJA RAVIVARMA (With a short sketch of his life, and description of every picture)
By S. N. Joshi
Poona: Printed at the Chitra-shala Steam Press
1911
Ravi Varma's portrait followed by 5-page biography, 1-page list of plates and 87 paintings reproduced on as many pages with detailed descriptions.
Size 9.5 x 6.5 inches
CONDITION: Stiff cards with cover showing 'Birth of Shakuntala'. Back cover is new. Front cover soiled. Good inside.
Chitrashala Press had been operating in Poona since 1878 printing god prints. This book, which also had a Hindi edition published simultaneously, is in the nature of a catalogue of the Chitrashala Press stock and may have been prompted by a desire to benefit from the interest generated in India's past among the Indian populace following the publicity about Delhi Durbar of 1911.
This was only the second book published about an Indian artist, the first also being on Ravi Varma, his biography published in Allahabad in 1903 when he was alive. [See preceding lot]
b)
RAVI VARMA
By Krishna Chaitanya
New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi
1984 [First published 1960]
pp. 39 including 21 plates [9 in colour]
Stiff cards with dustjacket
Size 7 x 4.5 inches
CONDITION: Cover soiled.
c)
THE DIVINE DEITIES BY RAJA RAVI VARMA - Oleographs circa Early 1900s
Essays by Anubhav Nath and Dr Neeru Misra
New Delhi: Ojas Art
No date [c. 2010]
pp. 66 with full-page colour plates
Stiff Cards/ size 10 x 8.5 inches
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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