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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, NEW DELHI
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KRISHEN KHANNA
(b. 1925)
Untitled
Signed 'K Khanna' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'K
Khanna / KRISHEN KHANNA' (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
35.75 x 17.5 in (91 x 44.5 cm)
$ 18,750 ‒ 23,440
Rs 12,00,000 ‒ 15,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist
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AKBAR PADAMSEE
(b. 1928)
Untitled
Signed and dated "PADAMSEE 2005" (upper right)
2005
Watercolour on paper
21.75 x 14.5 in (55.3 x 36.9 cm)
$ 4,690 ‒ 7,815
Rs 3,00,000 ‒ 5,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Saffronart, 19‒20 September 2012, lot 64
PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED
GENTLEMAN, NEW DELHI
109
MANJIT BAWA
(1941 ‒ 2008)
Untitled
Signed and dated 'Manjit 94'
(lower right)
1994
Charcoal on paper
20.5 x 27.5 in (52 x 69.7 cm)
$ 12,500 ‒ 15,625
Rs 8,00,000 ‒ 10,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Saffronart, 25‒26 March 2013, lot 84
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF
HARDEVI KARAMCHANDANI
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JYOTI BHATT
(b. 1934)
A Dream
Inscribed and signed 'A DREAM / Jyoti
Bhatt' (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
36.5 x 31.75 in (93 x 80.5 cm)
$ 6,250 ‒ 9,375
Rs 4,00,000 ‒ 6,00,000
Thepresent award‒winning lot is amilestone in Jyoti Bhatt’s
career. Titled
A Dream
, it was his final submission towards
his Bachelor’s degree in art from the Baroda Faculty of Fine
Arts, and was ranked Number 1. It was later acquired by
his friend and art lover, Hardevi Karamchandani, who was
faculty in the English department of MSU Baroda. The
painting is rich with folkmotifs and symbolism. A vigorous
bull with tiger claws and a snake tail is juxtaposed beside
a serene and stately mother with child. The background is
painted to resemble wood slats, and Bhatt employs some
of the stylistic elements of printmaking, on which he later
focussed.
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