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Jogen Chowdhury
(1939)

Reclining Woman



"We can never deny the validity of the human figure as an image because we can never deny the validity of our own existence... figuration itself is a fundamental expression, linked to the story of human life. As long as human civilisation endures, figurative art is bound to endure..." - JOGEN CHOWDHURY



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  Lot 12 of 60  

WINTER LIVE AUCTION
13 DECEMBER 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 36,00,000
$43,373

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Jogen Chowdhury
Reclining Woman

Signed and dated in Bengali (lower centre), signed 'Jogen Chowdhury' (upper right) and dated '2007' (upper left)
2007
Pastel and charcoal on paper pasted on mount board
19.75 x 39.25 in (50 x 100 cm)

PROVENANCE
Distinguished Private Collection, Kolkata
Thence by descent
Private Collection, Kolkata
Acquired from the above

EXHIBITED
Ways of Seeing: Women Artists | Women as Muse, New Delhi: DAG, 12 February - 7 March 2021
Primitivism and Modern Indian Art (Second Edition), New Delhi: DAG, 18 December 2021 – 24 April 2022

PUBLISHED
Ways of Seeing: Women Artists | Women as Muse, New Delhi: DAG, 2021, p. 244 (illustrated)
Primitivism and Modern Indian Art (Second Edition), New Delhi: DAG, 2021, p. 256 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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