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The Iconic
Bikash
Series
Important
‘The King’
Canvases
Adorned in ragged clothing and bearing
hollow gazes against ominous black
backgrounds, the unkempt protagonists
of these Bikash Bhattacharjee canvases,
skillfully portrayed in a surrealist manner by
the artist, were emblematic of loneliness
and desolation.
Bhattacharjee’s paintings from this era THE KING ON THE STREET
predominantly featured a dominance of 69.5 x 61.5 in (176.5 x 156.2 cm)
black, marking a departure from his earlier Oil on canvas, 1993
precise and controlled brushstrokes. PRESENTED LOT
