• NGMA India

    Jamini Roy

    Accession No . 1121 Artist Name. Jamini Roy Title. Sketch No. 23 Medium. Pencil on paper Size. (2.875" x 4.125"), (3.875" x 1.8"), (3.87" x 5.8")

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    The sketches and drawings of Jamini Roy point to the artist’s imagination that grapples with manifest details of a visual idea for a painting. Jamini Roy made meticulous sketches and drawings in great detail before undertaking a painting. The three sketches above are preparatory drawings that reveal Roy's experiments with form. Some of his most iconic paintings of dolls, seated women and horses can be traced back to these.