Lot 136
  • 136

Krishen Khanna

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Krishen Khanna
  • Untitled (Woman Combing Her Hair) 
  • Signed and dated 'K Khanna / 59' lower right 
  • Charcoal on paper 
  • 28 x 15⅝ in. (71 x 39.5 cm.)
  • Executed in 1959

Provenance

Acquired in 1959 from Kumar Gallery, New Delhi 
Thence by descent 

Condition

There is buckling to paper and foxing and discoloration most notable along the right edge and lower half. A pin-sized hole in upper right corner and and very minor creasing in upper left edge visible only upon very close inspection. This work has not been inspected outside its frame.
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