Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces and Museum Quality Series | October 2004

THE MASTERPIECES & MUSEUM-QUALITY SERIES 59 31 Jogen CHOWDHURY [ b . 1939, Faridpur, present-day Bangladesh] Woman with Cut S/d in Bengali c.l., l.c. & s/d in English t.l. Mixed media on paper, 2003 71.5 x 56.0 cm (28.1 x 22.0 in) Rs. 400,000 – 500,000 $ 8,650 – 10,800 £ 4,725 – 5,925 ‘I consider drawing as a ‘complete’ form of art like a painting, a sculpture, or even an installation, capable of generating the same amount of effect or influence on the viewer. It will continue to exist, renewed and realized with new vision, imagination and creativity. It is one of the most convenient forms of human expression…When ‘He stripped his form of all adventitious attractions and began to experiment with space and the rhythm of volumes. His lines were liberated from the shackles of received opinion. The formal beauty of his nudes became distorted. Belly muscles and breasts slackened and flesh started putrefying as if holding a mirror to a decadent society… He is one artist who can speak volumes with lines.’ – Sumitra Das, rpt. in The Telegraph 29 March 1994. I look at nature and the people in it, I feel they all move with a unity of rhythm and growth, they take birth, and they die. This sense of oneness has strongly influenced my work.’ – Jogen Chowdhury, rpt. in Drawings by Jogen. Archer Art Gallery 2001 ExC.