Bikash Bhattacharjee (Indian, 1940-2008), Untitled, reclining woman, pencil drawing on paper, signed lower right, to reverse further studies of nudes, glazed and framed, 58 x 37cm. Provenance: Private Canadian Collection Bikash Bhattacharjee (21 June 1940 – 18 December 2006) was an Indian painter from Kolkata in West Bengal. Through his paintings, he depicted the life of the average middle-class Bengali – their aspirations, superstitions, hypocrisy and corruption, and even the violence that is endemic to Kolkata. He worked in oils, acrylics, water-colours, conté and collage. In 2003, he was awarded the highest award of Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Arts, the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship. Please refer to department for condition report