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

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 170 153 VIVAN SUNDARAM (b.1943) a. The Heights of Macchu Pichu Series S/d in English, l.r. Lithograph, August 1972 27.0 x 34.2 cm. (10.6 x 13.5”) b. The Heights of Macchu Pichu Series S/d in English, l.r. Lithograph, July 1972 34.5 x 26.0 cm. (13.6 x 10.2”) c. Journeys Series S/d in English, t.l. Soft pastels on paper, 1987 48 x 62.7 cm. (18.9 x 24.7”) d. Long Night Series S/d in English, l.l. Charcoal on paper, 1988 30 x 40 cm. (11.1 x 15.6”) Rs. 125,000 – 175,000 $ 2,660 – 3,725 (Set of 4) “ I did want to have a reference to landscape but not a traditional notion of landscape. The traces of annihilation are virtually the structural elements of the drawings. But some where within this annihilated world there is this ground plan of nature, somewhere underlying this uprooted terrain there is need for order.” (Vivan Sundaram, from Long Night : Drawings in Charcoal ExC.1988 ). a b c d