Osian's Auction Catalogue The Masterpieces Series | March 2010

138 86 a rPana C aur (b.1954) Outside the Blue Gallery Oil on canvas, 1970-4 Signed in English ‘arpana Caur’ l.r. and on verso 34.1 x 47.0 in (86.7 x 119.5 cm) Condition Previously restored INR 800,000 – 1,200,000 US$ 16,670 – 25,000 “Nothing except the human being is sacrosanct in her art, for the whole of her imagery evolves around the crumbling layers of protection we wear around us.” – Suneet Chopra, rpt in Arpana Caur 1975-1995 , Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi, 1995.