Lot 247 · South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
A mighty mass of foam wept, a net no less wet and sticky claimed each speck of labor for another speck, broke them off her country's sweat so did she squatted on tight thighs, to beat out her horrid task, one at dark and the other by sight when colonial powers swung high a undignified humanity reigned no less till all was free to name; Ivory hunters, rubber merchants, labor traders, farm hands, like ancient tree, Banyan tree threw it's tangerine roots from his pale mouth, scraped the earth of wealth with bodies jumping, swaying and swirling, black and brown limbs flying, small hands churning to feed the cream she made with this crimson flesh to colonial kings too far to see, so make them sing with no remorse while nature and savage flicker, to cease upon a candles glow
Rina Banerjee · lithographs on paper
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- Estimate
- $2,500–$3,500 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art , New York · 11 September 2019
- Dimensions
- 39 3/8 x 27 1/8 in. (100 x 68.9 cm.) each
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3698867
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rina Banerjee, A mighty mass of foam wept, a net no less wet and sticky claimed each speck of labor for another speck, broke them off her country's sweat so did she squatted on tight thighs, to beat out her horrid task, one at dark and the other by sight when colonial powers swung high a undignified humanity reigned no less till all was free to name; Ivory hunters, rubber merchants, labor traders, farm hands, like ancient tree, Banyan tree threw it's tangerine roots from his pale mouth, scraped the earth of wealth with bodies jumping, swaying and swirling, black and brown limbs flying, small hands churning to feed the cream she made with this crimson flesh to colonial kings too far to see, so make them sing with no remorse while nature and savage flicker, to cease upon a candles glow. Christie's, 11 Sep 2019, lot 247. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3698867.
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Rina Banerjee, A mighty mass of foam wept, a net no less wet and sticky claimed each speck of labor for another speck, broke them off her country's sweat so did she squatted on tight thighs, to beat out her horrid task, one at dark and the other by sight when colonial powers swung high a undignified humanity reigned no less till all was free to name; Ivory hunters, rubber merchants, labor traders, farm hands, like ancient tree, Banyan tree threw it's tangerine roots from his pale mouth, scraped the earth of wealth with bodies jumping, swaying and swirling, black and brown limbs flying, small hands churning to feed the cream she made with this crimson flesh to colonial kings too far to see, so make them sing with no remorse while nature and savage flicker, to cease upon a candles glow. Christie's, 11 Sep 2019, lot 247. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3698867.
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From the same sale South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art · Sep 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Seated Lady) | Maqbool Fida Husain | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Untitled (Man in Turban) | Maqbool Fida Husain | $7,000–$9,000 | |
| Untitled | Maqbool Fida Husain | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Untitled (Man and Woman) | Francis Newton Souza | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Untitled (Lady with Attendants) | Francis Newton Souza | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Untitled | K. M. Adimoolam | $4,000–$6,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rina Banerjee | (i) bubble, bubble, baby girls are in trouble (ii) in our wi | $5,830 | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | |
| Rina Banerjee | tobacco children | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | With tinsel and teeth, gem and gem...get back to where | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | Three Works: (i) In our Winter and from the East there was n | Phillips, Feb 2021 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | Dizzy with labor, Commerce, she spoke, spewed and sprouted h | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | Where is my castle in the sky | Sotheby's, Mar 2016 | ||
| Rina Banerjee | Untitled | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
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