Page 38 - Eye of the beholder

The The hiSTory of The The 'lady in in in black' PainTinG
For a a a a a a a a a a a substantial part of his career Gaganendranath obsessively studied light and shade The ouvre produced during this this time is is is in in in in mostly in in in in monochrome as shown by the two examples in in in in this this collection - both of which came to my collection collection from private collections in Kolkata where they had stayed for a a a a a a a long time While researching the the 'Lady in in in in Black' I came across another similar painting that had come up for auction at Sotheby's in in 2011 This was from from the the the collection of Giles Eyre who may have obtained it directly from from the the the artist These two paintings paintings are are thematically identical and are are likely part of of the the same set or series of of paintings paintings They must have gone to to to to to to different collectors directly from Ganagendranath before being rediscovered as being part of the same set by me me 32