Jamini Roy
Untitled (Gopini with Offering), Circa early 1940s
Tempera on paper
51.6 x 21.6 cm
20 1/4 x 8 1/2 in
20 1/4 x 8 1/2 in
Signed lower right
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“This gradation in double tone gives a miraculous effect, enlivening the figure with a three-dimensional effect. The sense of volume is purely Indian in character which actually swells from within....
“This gradation in double tone gives a miraculous effect, enlivening the figure with a three-dimensional effect. The sense of volume is purely Indian in character which actually swells from within. Authorities like Stella Kramarisch and Benjamin Rowland call this feeling of swelling ‘prana’, that is, the life giving force.”
Prodosh Das Gupta, The Art of Jamini Roy, Design, June 1972, Vol. 16, No. 6
Prodosh Das Gupta, The Art of Jamini Roy, Design, June 1972, Vol. 16, No. 6
