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Bhupen Khakhar
(1934 - 2003)

Untitled (Champaner)



Born into a middle-class Gujarati family in 1934, Bhupen Khakhar trained as an accountant at the University of Bombay, a profession he continued to pursue alongside his art for most of his life. He began practising art in earnest only in his late twenties, after moving from Bombay to Baroda, where he enrolled in a two-year Art Criticism course at the Maharaja Sayajirao University Faculty of Fine Arts in 1962. He immersed himself in the city’s...



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  Lot 13 of 55  

SPRING LIVE AUCTION
13 MARCH 2024

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Winning Bid
Rs 14,40,00,000
$1,756,098

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Bhupen Khakhar
Untitled (Champaner)

Signed and dated in Gujarati (lower centre)
1996
Oil on canvas
47.75 x 65.75 in (121 x 167 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
Property from the Collection of Karan Grover

EXHIBITED
Bhupen Khakhar: A Retrospective, Mumbai: National Gallery of Modern Art, 4 - 26 November 2003

PUBLISHED
Bhupen Khakhar: A Retrospective, Mumbai: National Gallery of Modern Art and The Fine Art Resource, p. 38 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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