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Krishen Khanna
(1925)

Rearview



Krishen Khanna was born in 1925 in what is now Faisalabad in Pakistan, and grew up in Lahore. In 1947, he and his family were forced to flee their home for the Indian border just a few days before the Partition. These experiences as a refugee left an indelible mark on Khanna and gave rise to a lifelong kinship and empathy with migrant families.

Krishan Khanna’s observations of life around him are central to his artistic oeuvre. The...



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  Lot 73 of 78  

EVENING SALE: MODERN ART
16 SEPTEMBER 2023

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Winning Bid
Rs 1,44,00,000
$173,494

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Krishen Khanna
Rearview

Signed, dated and inscribed 'KKhanna/ 94/ "REARVIEW"/ To Karan/ With my love/ on his birthday/ Daddy' (on the reverse)
1994
Oil on canvas
69 x 43 in (175.3 x 109.2 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, New Delhi

EXHIBITED
Krishen Khanna: A Retrospective, New Delhi: Presented by Saffronart at Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, 23 January – 5 February 2010
S H Raza and Krishen Khanna: Yugma II, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 23 February – 22 March 2019

PUBLISHED
Krishen Khanna: A Retrospective, New Delhi: Saffronart, 2010, p. 91 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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