Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

101 The Masterpieces SerieS 56 F.n. S ouza (1924 – 2002) Untitled Pen and ink on paper, 1959 S/d in English ‘Souza 59’ c.l. 17.4 x 8.8 in (17.4 x 22.1 cm) INR 300,000 – 450,000 US$ 6,250 – 9,380 57 F.n. S ouza (1924 – 2002) Couple Pencil on paper, 1959 S/d in English ‘Souza 59’ l.l. 9.5 x 7.0 in (24.0 x 17.7 cm) Provenance THE OSIAN’s COLLECTION INR 300,000 – 450,000 US$ 6,250 – 9,380 “To retrieve again and again the memory of certain moments dormant at the back of my mind is an itching pleasure. When I was a boy I never asked my mother where I came from. I had presumed my origin more or less correctly and from then on I began to presume a lot more. I’ve always had a curious feeling of an ancient guilt that I had inadvertently killed my father because he died so suddenly soon after my birth. My mother was like the mother Oedipus; Spartan in shape. She was temperamentally unpredictable and very sophisticated. I used to watch her bathe herself through a hole I had bored in the door. I was afraid if she thrust something in, I might get a bleeding eye-ball.” (F.N. Souza, Words & Lines, Villiers Publications, London, 1959, p.25.