The titles in this lot are listed below. Details about each book follow further down.
JAMINI ROY By Bishnu Dey and John Irwin
JAMINI ROY By Ajit Kumar Dutta
JAMINI ROY - BENGALI ARTIST OF MODERN INDIA
JAMINI ROY 2003 New Delhi show catalogue
JAMINI ROY: THE GRAND PATUA by Paritosh Sen
JAMINI ROY / JOGEN CHOWDHURY 2001 New Delhi show catalogue
a)
JAMINI ROY
By Bishnu Dey and John Irwin
Calcutta: Indian Society of Oriental Art
1944
pp. 32 with 20 line drawings in text + 15 plates tipped-in on 14 sheets. Some plates in colour. Frontispiece portrait of Roy tipped in. Cover has a colour plate pasted on it.
Printed on handmade paper
Softcover / 11 x 9 inches
The first book on Jamini Roy.
b).br.JAMINI ROY
10-page essay by Ajit Kumar Dutta with 5 illustrations in text + 21 plates, some in colour
New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi
1981 [first published 1973]
Card covers with dustjacket/ 7 x 5 inches
c)
JAMINI ROY - BENGALI ARTIST OF MODERN INDIA
1997 catalogue of exhibition held at Harn Museum of Art, Florida
pp. 30 with essay and numerous colour & b&w illustrations
Stapled softcover / 11 x 8.5 inches
d)
JAMINI ROY
Catalogue of 2003 exhibition held at Gallery Espace, New Delhi
7-page essay by Santo Datta + 9 colour plates + biographical note
Stapled stiff cards
Size 7 x 6.5 inches
e)
JAMINI ROY: THE GRAND PATUA
Essay by Paritosh Sen
Catalogue of a 1991 exhibition organized by CMC Art Gallery, New Delhi
pp. 12 with 10 illustrations and a portrait
Stiff cards/ 9 x 9 inches
f)
JAMINI ROY / JOGEN CHOWDHURY
2001 catalogue of exhibition held at Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Back-to-back catalogs of 23 pages each with essays by Ella Datta
Fine softcover / 11 x 8 inches
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