47 Number : 2000-2002 by Jogen Chowdhury [Hardcover]

This sketchbook covers the period from 2000 to 2002.

At the very beginning, the artist has written a note: "I must move beyond the simple equation of a ‘good painting’ and create new work. I must work in a new way. 16.05.2000."

Further down on the same page, another note reads: "Until now, I have thought of making key drawings in my sketchbook—believing that I would complete the final work later. But now, I must treat every drawing as a ‘painting’ in itself. Each one must be done with full attention—big or small. 16.05.2000."

The timeline of this sketchbook indicates that the artist had crossed sixty years of age at this point.