A SENSITIVE AND ELEGANT FIGURATIVE STUDY BY K. K. HEBBAR, DEPICTING A YOUNG MAN ABSORBED IN READING. EXECUTED IN PENCIL ON PAPER, THE WORK DEMONSTRATES THE ARTIST'S EXCEPTIONAL DRAFTSMANSHIP THROUGH FLUID CONTOURS, DELICATE CROSS-HATCHING, AND SUBTLE MODELLING OF FORM. THE QUIET PROFILE, INTROSPECTIVE EXPRESSION, AND ECONOMY OF LINE EXEMPLIFY HEBBAR'S ABILITY TO CAPTURE BOTH THE PHYSICAL LIKENESS AND INNER CHARACTER OF HIS SUBJECT. SIGNED LOWER RIGHT. A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE ARTIST'S MASTERY OF DRAWING AND HIS ENDURING CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN INDIAN ART.