Untitled

Mixed media (printed paper scratched with blade)

21.5cm high x 18cm wide, each, with frame

>> All numbered to the back and ready to hang !

Provenance: Sotheby's sale, 17 July 2007, INDIAN ART, lot 27

Partha Pratim Deb: He has completed his professional diploma in Fine Arts and Craft from KalaBhavan, Santiniketan followed by a post diploma from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda. Partha PratimDeb has been the Dean of the Visual Arts Department, at the Rabindra Bharati University and published ninety-ninepapers on Nandalal Bose on art education. According to him, the connotation of visual creativity does not hold on toany 'ism' or style, but is an outcome of spontaneous playfulness happening as a process of introspection andsubmission. His images depict distinctively different perceptions of a journey that this unassuming artist istraversing, in its various dimensions.

Partha Pratim Deb's artwork is expressive and bright, with strong colours and gently curving lines giving thestylised figures a surreal feel. Contrast plays a large role, with darker shades balancing and complementing thelighter hues and sharp lines and patterns offsetting the curving line art.

The artist lives and works in Kolkata, India.