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Krishen Khanna
The Betrayal


- - Describing this painting as emblematic, Norbert Lynton notes that, “Khanna has witnessed or known of, over the decades, many fellow humans suffering at the hands of officials acting on the orders of superior powers…Betrayals are often part of such stories, and in another canvas of the same years, also five by four feet, we see Judas betraying Christ with a kiss. This is another very succinct image, with the two protagonists supported by only two
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KRISHEN KHANNA: A RETROSPECTIVE

ARTWORK DETAILS

  • Krishen Khanna
  • The Betrayal
  • 2006
  • Oil  on  canvas
  • 59.5 x 47.5 in (151.1 x 120.7 cm)
  • From the Collection of Manoj Israni
  • EXHIBITED:
    Krishen Khanna, Saffronart in association with Osborne Samuel and Berkeley Sqaure Gallery, Royal Academy of Art, London, 2007

    PUBLISHED:
    Krishen Khanna - Images in My Time, Norbert Lynton, Gayatri Sinha, Ranjit Hoskote, Marilyn Rushton and Tanuj Berry, Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, 2007
  • Category: Painting
    Style: Figurative



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