The titles in this lot are listed below. Details about each book follow further down.
1. PILGRIM, EXILE, SORCERER: The Painterly Evolution of Jehangir Sabavala
2. SUBODH GUPTA
3. ART AND LIFE OF PARITOSH SEN
4. JATIN DAS: Watercolours, Drawings, Engravings
5. CHARGED FIGURES: THE ART OF JATIN DAS
a)
PILGRIM, EXILE, SORCERER: The Painterly Evolution of Jehangir Sabavala
By Ranjit Hoskote with a preface by Richard Lannoy
Signed by artist: "Jehangir Sabavala, Bombay, 2.02.02"
BOMBAY: Eminence Designs
1998
pp. 184 and profusely illustrated with family photographs and paintings
Original hardback with dustjacket
Size 11 x 11 inches
b)
SUBODH GUPTA
Essays by Peter Nagy, Raqs Media Collective and [in Hindi] by Vinod Bhardwaj
SIGNED BY SUBODH GUPTA ON FRONT ENDPAPER
New Delhi: Nature Morte / Mumbai: Sakshi Gallery
No date [c. 2005]
EDITION LIMITED TO 2000 COPIES
pp. 85
Hardback with dustjacket
Mint condition
Size 11 x 9 inches
c)
ART AND LIFE OF PARITOSH SEN
Essays by Arun Ghose and Kunal Chakrabarti
Afterword by Paritosh Sen
Signed on front endpaper: " To Vera with love from Paritosh Sen / Kolkata 26/10/07/ Published on the occasion of 89th Birthday Exhibition in Calcutta."
Kolkata: Galerie 88
2007
No pagination [pp. 104]. Full of colour plates and illustrations
Fine large hardback with dustjacket and golden endpapers
Size 13.5 x 10 inches
d)
JATIN DAS: Watercolours, Drawings, Engravings
With a pen sketch on title page signed by Jatin Das, 14 Aug 09
London: Chelsea Arts Club
2009
pp. 46 with 1-page preface by Jatin Das
Stiff cards / size 9 x 6 inches
e)
CHARGED FIGURES: THE ART OF JATIN DAS
With a pen sketch on front flier signed by Jatin Das, June 08
Kolkata: CIMA Gallery
2007
pp. 46
Stiff cards / 10.5 x 9.5 inches
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