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Sunil Madhav Sen - UNTITLED (Folk Icon)
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Sunil Madhav Sen (1910 - 1979)
Mixed Media on Paper
22.5 x 16.5 Inches
Signed Upper Right
Rooted in the red soil of Rarh Bengal, Sunil Madhav Sen’s oeuvre revisits his childhood in Bankura, a region whose village traditions and rugged terrain shaped him far beyond any formal training. As Prasanta Daw notes in Sunil Madhav Sen-er Rooplok, his earliest spark came from watching Ananta Patua shape clay idols, a memory that seeded his lifelong fascination with primal forms and ritual imagery.
In this piece, drawn directly on newspaper, the mask-like face and animal motifs echo village wall murals and kantha stitches, yet sharpened by Sen’s modernist lines and bold colour blocks. His choice of newspaper as a surface shows his instinct for unconventional materials, merging everyday textures with the layered, tactile presence found across his work.
Simple yet striking, it holds folk memory and modern form together.
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Sunil Madhav Sen (1910 - 1979)
Mixed Media on Paper
22.5 x 16.5 Inches
Signed Upper Right
Rooted in the red soil of Rarh Bengal, Sunil Madhav Sen’s oeuvre revisits his childhood in Bankura, a region whose village traditions and rugged terrain shaped him far beyond any formal training. As Prasanta Daw notes in Sunil Madhav Sen-er Rooplok, his earliest spark came from watching Ananta Patua shape clay idols, a memory that seeded his lifelong fascination with primal forms and ritual imagery.
In this piece, drawn directly on newspaper, the mask-like face and animal motifs echo village wall murals and kantha stitches, yet sharpened by Sen’s modernist lines and bold colour blocks. His choice of newspaper as a surface shows his instinct for unconventional materials, merging everyday textures with the layered, tactile presence found across his work.
Simple yet striking, it holds folk memory and modern form together.
Sunil Madhav Sen 2025
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