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

ABSTACT-FIGURATIVE DILEMMA 181 163 SUNIL DAS (b.1939) a. Untitled Signed in English, l.r. Watercolour & ink on rice paper, c.1965 28 x 29 cm. (11.0 x 11.4”) b. Untitled Signed in English, l.r. Watercolour & ink on rice paper, c. 1965 28 x 29 cm. (11.0 x 11.4”) Rs. 125,000 – 175,000 $ 2,660 – 3,725 (Set of 2) b a “Sunil Das is a symbolist and as such probably believes that there is a parallel to the development of a conscious method of reasoning, a latent conception of images which give an extra perceptual meaning to his art. He succeeds in delivering his message largely because his craftsmanship is so terribly good” (from The Statesman, Oct. 1972 ). Refer to Flamed-Mosaic . HEART/ Mapin 1997 for colour illustration of painting from same series. Fig. 75, p138.