Drawings by Masters of Indian Contemporary Art

As a part of its 50th year celebrations, Kumar Gallery presents a group show of more than 70 early and recent rare drawings by 24 masters of Indian Contemporary Art. The show includes drawings by M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, Jatin Das, Satish Gujral, Krishen Khanna, M.R. Chugtai, Jamini Roy, Ramkinker Baij, DP Roy Chaudhury, Sailoz Mookherjea, Pradosh Das Gupta, V.S. Gaitonde, Tyeb Mehta, Ram Kumar, Biren De, Akbar Padamsee, K.S. Kulkarni, Bendre, G.R. Santosh, Somnath Hore, Ganesh Pyne, Ramachandran and Santhanaraj.

The drawings include a large drawing (Shama - 1915) by M. R. Chugtai, early drawings by Jamini Roy, Bendre’s 1952 nude and Three Girls (1958), M. F. Husain’s Kusum (1958) and his 60’s circus series, F.N. Souza’s nudes and portraits besides a large drawing Nataraja, a panoramic drawing of V.S Gaitonde, Krishen Khanna’s Rumi, Ram Kumar’s major work of 1972, A. Ramachandran’s drawing spanning 60s and 70s and Jatin Das’s male and female forms apart from S.H Raza’s drawings and Ganesh Pyne’s jottings.