Osian's Auction Catalogue Select Masterpieces of Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | June 2009

123 57 F.N. Souza (1924 – 2002) Untitled Oil on board, 1960 S/d in English ‘SOUZA 1960’ l.r. 21.9 x 15.7 in (55.7 x 40.0 cm) INR 4,000,000 – 5,000,000 USD 83,330 – 104,170 “What is it that provides the raw edge to Souza’s men? Totally devoid of sentimentality, even when he is portraying himself, there is a detached observation of human degradation…These foetus faces, as Souza would have them, are the essential condition of human beings, of men without redemption.” – Yashodhara Dalmia, rpt. in The Making of Modern Indian Art , OUP, 2001, p84