JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Mother and Child)
signed in Bengali (lower right)
gouache on card
17 x 12 in. (43.2 x 30.5 cm.)
JAMINI ROY (1887-1972)
Untitled (Mother and Child)
signed in Bengali (lower right)
gouache on card
17 x 12 in. (43.2 x 30.5 cm.)
In early 1954 an exhibition of Jamini Roy's paintings was held in Delhi. Mary D. Taylor, then residing in Ludhiana, was invited to attend and subsequently met the artist. Taylor acquired Mother and Child at this time and it has since hung for over fifty-five years in her home in the United States.
S. Datta, Urban Patua: The Art of Jamini Roy, Mumbai, 2010, frontispiece and p. 18 (another version illustrated)
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