Osian's Auction Catalogue India The Passionate Detachment | February 2001

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 154 128 N.S.BENDRE (1910 — 92) Mad Woman S/d in Hindi, l.r. Pencil on paper, 1956 33.6 x 32.4 cm. (13.3 x 12.8”) “For me, the creative process starts with the blank canvas, by the dabbing of paint on it, the aim being to catch the original impact of the total image conceived. Things are nebulous in the beginning, become clearer by manipulating, by the application of more paint, dabbing, scratching, washing off, repainting till I’m nearer to the original impact. There is a natural limit for the canvas to take the load of paint and for my mental endurance: so I resign, I finish a painting and I sign it… Sketches help my paintings, so whenever I travel, I keep some paper in my bag for sketching. I make very small sketches, and these sketches are my gold mines….” (N.S.Bendre, rpt. in R.Chatterji’s Bendre , p63-4). Rs. 125,000 – 175,000 $ 2,660 – 3,725 Conservation work has been carried out on this drawing.