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Lot location
Lower Parel, Mumbai
Sunil Madhav Sen (1910 - 1979)
Mixed Media on Paper
22.5 x 16.5 Inches
Signed Upper Right
Rooted in the red soil of Rarh Bengal, Sunil Madhav Sen’s oeuvre revisits his childhood in Bankura, a region whose village traditions and rugged terrain shaped him far beyond any formal training. As Prasanta Daw notes in Sunil Madhav Sen-er Rooplok, his earliest spark came from watching Ananta Patua shape clay idols, a memory that seeded his lifelong fascination with primal forms and ritual imagery.
In this piece, drawn directly on newspaper, the mask-like face and animal motifs echo village wall murals and kantha stitches, yet sharpened by Sen’s modernist lines and bold colour blocks. His choice of newspaper as a surface shows his instinct for unconventional materials, merging everyday textures with the layered, tactile presence found across his work.
Simple yet striking, it holds folk memory and modern form together.
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Auction address
PRINSEPS, 1215/C, One Lodha Place,
Senapati Bapat Marg,
Lower Parel, Mumbai
400013
India
Sunil Madhav Sen 2025
Auction dates
Starts:
Jun 23, 2025 10:00 AM IST
Ends from:
Jul 15, 2025 07:00 PM IST
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