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Jogen Chowdhury (b. 1939)
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Description
- Jogen Chowdhury
- Untitled
- Signed and dated 'Jogen 2005' upper right and initialed in Bengali upper left
- Pastel on paper
- 19 3/4 by 30 in. (50.5 by 76 cm.)
Condition
Float mounted behind glass. Minor undulations to paper surface. Colors slightly cooler in reality. As viewed. (not examined out of glass frame)
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Jogen Chowdhury's art draws its inspiration from the plethora of images, objects and people surrounding the artist in his everyday life. His fantastical and freely drawn figures with their distorted and impossibly bent contours are woven into shape with a spidery web of dense cross hatched lines, fleshed out with a hint of color added with dry pastels.
With corpulent bodies that bloat and sag, beady eyes, and slightly demented expressions, Jogen's figures appear clumsy and monstrous, as if some genetic code within them has gone mad. 'They are embodiments of the artist's choice of satire and grotesquerie over conventional norms of beauty.' (Amrita Jhaveri, A Guide to 101 Modern and Contemporary Indian Artists, Mumbai, 2005, p. 26).