Description: Rare vintage 1955 Woodblock / Woodcut, by noted Indian artist Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, titled "The Kashmer Musicians". Inscribed "Happy New Year 1961 Pams India" " To Dr and Mrs Mayer" on the back of the print in pencil. From a rare folio of 10 prints published in the USA in the mid 1950s. Note: The print is framed under glass, but the glass and backing are independent of each other (currently held with paper tape). Signed Chittaprosad '55, the woodblock print is 14" wide by 11" tall. In good vintage condition with some wear /damage along the edges (small stain and small tears - see close-up pictures) and some light darkening of the print. The artist: Chittaprosad Bhattacharya (21 June, 1915 - 13 November, 1978) was an Indian political artist of the mid-20th century. Chittaprosad’s artistic career began in the 1930s, as an illustrator and reporter for the Communist Party of India (CPI). He made propaganda posters, using Socialist tropes, celebrating the oppressed masses and caricatured politicians and colonizers. But it was in his weekly feature Life Behind the Front Lines in the CPI newspaper, People’s War that he produced his most poignant reportage. Traveling by bus, boat and on foot, Chittaprosad reported on and drew pictures of hunger, illness, forced prostitution, abandoned villages, and uncaring corrupt officials in the famine-struck districts of Midnapore and Bikrampur. Covering the Bengal Famine of 1943, he published "Hungry Bengal," a sharply provocative attack on the political and social powers of the time. His work is displayed in the National Museum in Prague, The National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, Osians Art Archive in Mumbai, and the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection in Dubai.
Price: 449.95 USD
Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland
End Time: 2024-12-11T02:07:17.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
Image Orientation: Landscape
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Item Length: 14 in
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Kashmir Musicians
Type: Woodblock
Year of Production: 1955
Item Height: 11 in
Theme: Mid-century India
Production Technique: Woodblock / Woodcut
Time Period Produced: 1950-1959
