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3 BOOKS ON KEY MODERN ARTISTS
THREE PAINTERS
By R. de L. Furtado
New Delhi: Dhoomimal Ramchand
1960
pp. 23 + 49 plates
Covers Amrita Sher-Gil, George Keyt and M. F. Husain
with 16 tipped-in plates by each and frontispiece by
Keyt.
Large, elusive hardback with atorn dustjacket
Size 13.5 x 10 inches
MODERN ART IN INDIA
By Ajit Mookerjee
Calcutta: Oxford Book & Stationery Co.
1956
pp. 137 with 48 plates, mostly in colour
A study of Rabindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, M. F.
Husain, Sunil Madhav Sen, M. B. Samant and Sudha
Mookerjee with reproductions of hand-written
statements by each artist [except Tagore].
Hardcover / 11 x 9 inches
A very fine copy
INDIA AND MODERN ART
By W. G. ARCHER
London: George Allen & Unwin
1959
pp. 144 with notes, sources and index + 61 illustrations
on plates printed on glazed paper.
Has chapters on George Keyt, Amrita Sher-Gil, Jamini
Roy, Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore and E.
B. Havell with a chapter on art and the British at the end
of the 19th century in India.
Yellow cloth with a poor dustjacket. The book itself in
excellent condition.
Size 10 x 7.5 inches
Rs 80,000-Rs 1,00,000
$1,235-$1,540