RAMKINKER BAIJ (1910–1980) – SET OF PRINTS COMPRISING "MATERNITY," "BINODINI" & "THRESHING," WITH ACCOMPANYING ESSAY BY KESHAV MALIK – OFFSET REPRODUCTIONS AFTER WORKS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, NEW DELHI COLLECTION A SET OF FINE ART PRINTS REPRODUCING THREE SIGNIFICANT WORKS BY THE PIONEERING MODERNIST SCULPTOR AND PAINTER RAMKINKER BAIJ (1910–1980), FORMER HEAD OF THE SCULPTURE DEPARTMENT AT KALA BHAVAN, SANTINIKETAN, AND ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN MODERN INDIAN ART. THE SET SPANS THE ARTIST'S RANGE ACROSS MEDIA AND SUBJECT — FROM THE BOLDLY EXPRESSIONIST, IMPASTO-RICH "MATERNITY" AND THE ANGULAR, DYNAMIC RURAL COMPOSITION "THRESHING," BOTH IN OIL ON CANVAS, TO THE INTIMATE, LUMINOUS WATERCOLOUR PORTRAIT "BINODINI" — TOGETHER ILLUSTRATING BAIJ'S DISTINCTIVE FRACTURED, SCULPTURAL FORM LANGUAGE AND HIS LIFELONG ENGAGEMENT WITH RURAL BENGAL AND SANTHAL COMMUNITY LIFE. ALL THREE WORKS ARE HELD IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART (NGMA), NEW DELHI. THE SET IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PRINTED CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE ARTIST BY KESHAV MALIK, DISCUSSING BAIJ'S CAREER, HIS ROLE AT KALA BHAVAN, AND HIS SIGNIFICANCE AS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY MODERNIST WHO BRIDGED SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.