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The hiSTory of The 'lady in black' PainTinG
For a substantial part of his career, Gaganendranath obsessively studied light and shade. The ouvre produced during this time is in mostly in monochrome, as shown by the two examples in this collection - both of which came to my collection from private collections in Kolkata where they had stayed for a long time.
While researching the 'Lady in Black', I came across another similar painting that had come up for auction at Sotheby's in 2011. This was from the collection of Giles Eyre, who may have obtained it directly from the artist. These two paintings are thematically identical, and are likely part of the same set or series of paintings. They must have gone to to different collectors directly from Ganagendranath before being rediscovered as being part of the same set by me.
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