Buddha in Thailand

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BHUPEN KHAKHAR (1934-2004)
Buddha in Thailand
signed and dated in Gujarati and inscribed 'Buddha in Thailand' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
25 x 37¾ in. (64 x 95.9 cm.)

Provenance

Christie's New York, 19 September 2002, lot 318

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Lot Essay

My interests have changed over the years, there was a time when I painted landscapes, with the human figure kept very small. Then came man and his environment; as a result, traders, barbers and tailors have long inhabited my painting. Now fantasy has entered my work, along with a certain spirit of freedom and my work is much less naturalistic."
(Bhupen Khakhar in conversation with Kamala Kapoor, The Economic Times, 17 March 1991)

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