Though primarily a sculptor, Hiranmoy Roychaudhuri created impactful prints. Roychaudhuri was vital in bringing Indian ‘modernism’ to art rejecting what was taught in art schools. He celebrates in this Untitled lithograph an innate Indianness, creating a side profile of a lady with brilliant precision, paying attention to the garments, the ornaments, the features, expressions, hair tied loosely in a bun. The ease of the subject, the calm demeanour makes us wonder if she was a family member of the artist?
published references
Sengupta, Paula, The Printed Picture: Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking, Volume I (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 89 Sengupta, Paula, The Printed Picture: Four Centuries of Indian Printmaking, Volume II (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 88 Singh, Kishore, ed., Indian Portraits: The Face of a People (New Delhi: DAG, 2013), p. 420
Hiranmoy Roychaudhuri
Untitled
mid-20th century
Lithograph on paper
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mid-20th century
Lithograph on paper
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