RABIN MONDAL(1929 – 2019) PEN AND INK SKETCH , 2005, ON PAPER

THIS INTRICATE PEN AND INK SKETCH BY RABIN MONDAL FROM 2005 SHOWCASES HIS MASTERFUL CONTROL OF LINE AND TEXTURE ON PAPER. THE ARTWORK DEMONSTRATES A FINE BALANCE BETWEEN DETAIL AND SIMPLICITY, CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THE SUBJECT WITH EXPRESSIVE STROKES. MONDAL’S STYLE REFLECTS A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF FORM AND COMPOSITION, MAKING THIS PIECE A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN INK DRAWING.

THESE WORKS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, MUCH LIKE THOSE BY RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS M.F. HUSAIN, S.H. RAZA, F.N. SOUZA, AKBAR PADAMSEE, HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR, RAM KUMAR, JAMINI ROY, B. PRABHA, TYEB MEHTA, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD BY AUCTIONEERS TO COLLECTORS AROUND THE GLOBE