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MUKUL DEY (1895-1989)
Lot 64 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY 

MUKUL DEY (1895-1989)

Cotton Street, Barrabazar, Calcutta; Nandalal Bose's birthplace at Haveli-Kharaghpur; The Watch-Dog; Flag Staff, Chandipore

Closed11 June 2014

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MUKUL DEY (1895-1989)
Cotton Street, Barrabazar, Calcutta; Nandalal Bose's birthplace at Haveli-Kharaghpur; The Watch-Dog; Flag Staff, Chandipore
signed and dated 'Mukul Dey August 30.1917' (lower right) further titled '"Cotton Street, Barrabazar," Calcutta Sept 12.1938' (lower left); signed 'Mukul Dey' (lower right) further titled 'Nandalal Bose's birthplace at Haveli-Kharaghpur' (lower left); signed and dated 'Mukul Dey Aug.31.1938'(lower right) further titled '"The Watch-Dog"' (lower left); signed and dated 'Mukul Dey Aug 31.1938' (lower right) further titled 'Flag Staff, Chandipore' (lower left)
drypoint etching on paper
7½ x 4½ in. (19 x 11.4 cm.) plate 10 x 6½ in. (25.4 x 16.5 cm.) sheet; 5½ x 10 7/8 in. (14 x 27.6 cm.) plate 10 x 133/8 in. (25.4 x 34 cm.) sheet; 2 3/8 x 5 in. (6 x 12.9 cm.) plate 5¼ x 7¾ in. (13.3 x 19.7 cm.) sheet; 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm.) plate 4¾ x 7½ in. (12 x 19 cm.) sheet
(4) Executed in 1917 and 1938; Four prints
4

Gift of the artist to Roy North when visiting him at his home in Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire circa 1959, having met during his tenure at the Viswabharati University, Santiniketan where the artist was then based
Thence by descent