Pragga Majumdar in this pencil sketch artwork creates a
riveting vision on the canvas by employing the classical aesthetics of black
and white. The subject for this emotive painting is a lady, lying almost
senselessly on an imposing throne, wreathed in floral vines that cling to the
form of the woman. She wears a long gown and has her luxuriant hair tied
loosely, making lovely curls to frame her beautiful face. A darkness seems to
be approaching to enwrap her, as an outward manifestation of the dimness
suffered by her heart. Though her eyes are closed and her face turned away from
the onlooker, the lady leaves a mark on the audience, pulling them toward her
with her expressive stillness.Â