Masterpieces of Rajput Painting

O C Gangoly, Masterpieces of Rajput Painting: Selected annotated and described in relation to original Hindi texts from Religious Literature, with an Introduction, Calcutta: Rupam, 1926

pp. 116 along with 28 tipped-in colour plates and 23 out of 24 hand-made photogravures (1 missing); hardbound in a portfolio box
18.4 x 13.6 x 2.6 in (46 x 34 x 6.5 cm)

160 from a limited edition of 210 copies

Professor Ordhendra Coomar Gangoly (1881-1974), a leading authority on Indian art, was one of the founders of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, which was established in Calcutta in 1907. Gangoly was Honorary Secretary to the Society for several years, and subsequently became its Vice President. It was during this time that he published Rupam, an illustrated quarterly journal of Indian art which was in circulation between 1920 and 1930. Gangoly "... was the author of many pioneering works on Indian art, music and culture. Masterpieces of Rajput Painting, 1926 and Ragas and Raginis, 1935 are two of his most highly regarded publications." (Critical Collective, online).

The present lot, is rare to find, and features carefully selected paintings.