Osian's Auction Catalogue The Osianama Series |February 2013

247 1988 “His [Jogen Chowdhury]…work in pastel, crayonand inkare characterized by figures made up of a network of fine patternings held in by nervous, shivering outlines, and sensitised by slow, spreading, waxy stains of colour. Signifiers of an attitude or a comment on human relationships and the state of the socio-political milieu with all its hypocrisies and posturings, they are yet drawn with a certain affection and humanism… The compositions are rhythmic and balanced, and the forms stylised and ultimately graceful. Exercises in movement, clarity and restraint, each form is acutely observed yet lyrically rendered.” – Kamala Kapoor, rpt. in Watercolours: A Broader Spectrum 1- The Wry and Ragged Edge. Gallery Chemould ExC 1995. 132 Jogen Chowdhury b.16 February 1939 Man with Cheetah Pastel and ink on paper, 1988 Initialled in Bengali ‘Jo’ l.l. & dated in Bengali ‘1988’ l.l. Dated in Bengali ‘8.10.88’ t.r. Signed in Bengali ‘Jogen’ on verso. 10.7 x 14.6 in (27.2 x 37.1 cm) Provenance Private New Delhi-based Collection ` 2,000,000 – 4,000,000 US$ 36,360 – 72,720 GBP 25,000 – 50,000