Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | March 2008

117 90 C. Douglas (b.1951) What Time Is It S/d in English ‘Douglas 94’ l.r. Inscribed ‘What Time Is It’ l.r. Mixed Media on paper, 1994 31.5 x 20.4 in (80.0 x 52.4 cm) INR 400,000 – 500,000 USD 10,000 – 12,500 “Douglas’s figure is that of an unbearable being, one that would be grateful not to have been brought forth at all. The way he vouches for it is expressive of his extraordinary meekness and tenderness of spirit. His artistry, finely drawn as it was at this stage, was to the fore as to turn the picture surface into the fictional ground or recess which his vexed figure might stray into and haunt.” Josef James, rpt. in C. Douglas: Works on Paper & Ceramic Sculpture 1994-96. Sakshi Gallery ExC 1996.