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Jogen Chowdhury
(1939)

Reminiscence of a Dream 12



Jogen Chowdhury’s works memorialise his vivid imagination and surrealist vision, retaining the dynamism and uncommon fusion of realism and abstraction. While his commitment to the human form was consistent, a wide array of objects and elements presented curious symbolism. His works have been admired by his contemporaries as well as posthumously for their prodigious originality. In K G Subramanyan’s words-“I am struck by the simple devices he...



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  Lot 62 of 78  

EVENING SALE: MODERN ART
16 SEPTEMBER 2023

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Rs 1,32,00,000
$159,036

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Jogen Chowdhury
Reminiscence of a Dream 12

Signed and dated 'Jogen 69' (lower right)
1969
Mixed media on paper pasted on paperboard further pasted on mountboard
19 x 24 in (48.3 x 61 cm)

This work will be included in the forthcoming publication: Soumik Nandy Majumdar and Jesal Thacker eds., Jogen Chowdhury (1955-2023), Kolkata: Gallery Art Exposure, November 2023.

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Kolkata

EXHIBITED
Ink and Mixed Media Works on Paper, Chennai: Sarla Art Centre, 1970
Ink and Mixed Media Works on Paper, New Delhi: All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), 1972
Jogen Chowdhury: Retrospective 1955-2013, Hyderabad: Kalakriti Art Gallery, 16 February – 20 March 2016
Compelling Presence: A Retrospective Exhibition of Jogen Chowdhury, Bengaluru: National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), 22 April – 22 May 2016
Over the Edge, Crossing the Line: Five Artists from Bengal, New Delhi: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), 22 January – 24 July 2019
Into the Half Light and Shadow Go I: Jogen Chowdhury, New Delhi: Bikaner House presented by Gallery Art Exposure, 9 March – 2 April 2023

PUBLISHED
K G Subramanyan, Soumik Nandy Majumdar, and Jogen Chowdhury, Jogen Chowdhury: Retrospective 1955-2013, Hyderabad: Kalakriti Art Gallery, 2016, p. 78 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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