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JOGEN CHOWDHURY (B. 1939)
Butterfly
signed in Bengali and signed and dated '1974-88 JOGEN' (upper right); further dated, titled and inscribed '1974-'88 / "Butterfly" 61 x 61 cm. / By Jogen Chowdhury / New Delhi / Ratanpalli. Santiniketan / WB. INDIA 731235' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1974-88
Provenance
Christie's New York,19 September 2002, lot 321
Acquired from the above

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Lot Essay

"I did not confine my paintings to a single limited space. I refused to succumb to any exclusive obligation to make any social comment. I have accepted for my subject matter whatever I have liked. I have always sought to move forward, to remain open to ideas. I have chosen still lifes, human faces, forms of divinities, as they came to me through a general system and through demands of form, so that they could develop into a series."
- Jogen Chowdhury

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