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Krishen Khanna
(1925)

Untitled (Newspaper Readers)



Born in 1925 in what is now Faislabad in Pakistan, Krishen Khanna grew up in Lahore, only studying art after he graduated from college at evening classes held at the Mayo School of Art there. In 1947, Khanna’s family moved to Shimla as a result of the Partition of India and Pakistan, and Khanna was deeply affected by not only the change in his personal life, but also the socio-political chaos that reigned around him. His early works are...



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  Lot 14 of 20  

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12 MAY 2022

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Krishen Khanna
Untitled (Newspaper Readers)

Signed 'KKhanna' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'KKhanna/ KRISHEN KHANNA.' (on the reverse)
2019
Oil on canvas
36 x 18.5 in (91.6 x 47.2 cm)

EXHIBITED
Krishen Khanna at 95, presented by Artoholics and Grosvenor Gallery at New Delhi: Artoholics Gallery, 3 - 10 February 2020

PUBLISHED
Krishen Khanna at 95, New Delhi: Artoholics, 2020, p. 25 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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