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Mukul Dey
Maha Devi Ma Durga
year
1974 size
9.7 x 8.0 in. / 24.6 x 20.3 cm. medium
Drypoint on rice paper
In Mukul Dey’s prints, we see the mastery of the technical details of a process so modern and so typically Western even as the compositions are traditionally Indian. Maha Devi Ma Durga allows us to locate the typical Western process of the artist even as he captures in his prints, the Durga Puja festivities. Dey brings a remarkable finesse and tremendous detailing in the work, including the folds of the garments of the priest, the overall detailing of the idols, the ceremonial vessels, fruit, lampstands, besides other elements. published references
Singh, Kishore, ed., Manifestations VII | 75 Artists, 20th Century Indian Art (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 62
Singh, Kishore, ed., The Art of Bengal (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 311
Sengupta, Paula, The Printed Picture: Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking, Volume I (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 100
Sengupta, Paula, The Printed Picture: Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking, Volume II (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 94
Singh, Kishore, ed., Indian Divine: Gods & Goddesses in 19th and 20th Century Modern Art (New Delhi: DAG, 2014), p. 138
Singh, Kishore, ed., A Visual History of Indian Modern Art, Volume III: Revivalism and Beyond (New Delhi: DAG, 2015), p. 455
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