Syed Sadequain
Meursault in Cactai, 1966
Lithograph on paper, the reverse with an ink study of a figure with a globe by Sadequain
32 x 25 cm
12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in
12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in
Signed and dated 'SADEQUAIN 16/XII' and inscribed 'To Mr Paul LOCHAK'
‘At the beginning of my imprisonment, however, what I found most difficult was that I had the thoughts of a free man… But that just lasted a few months. Afterwards,...
‘At the beginning of my imprisonment, however, what I found most difficult was that I had the thoughts of a free man… But that just lasted a few months. Afterwards, I had only the thoughts of a prisoner… I often thought that if I’d been forced to live inside the hollow trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do except look up at the sky flowering above my head, I would have eventually got used to that as well.’
Provenance
Paul Lochak, Boston;
Prvate French collection;
Grosvenor Gallery, London