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Krishen Khanna
Captain Dentist Pesikaka


- - Another painting that recalls the years before Partition that Khanna spent in Lahore, and the people he knew there, this canvas features one of the artist’s Maclagan Road neighbours. Fondly reminiscing about this Parsi dentist, Khanna explains, “He too lived and practiced on Maclagan Road. An amiable man who would sit outside his clinic/home and watch the world go by. He was always at a loss to understand why good English suiting had to be destro
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KRISHEN KHANNA: A RETROSPECTIVE

ARTWORK DETAILS

  • Krishen Khanna
  • Captain Dentist Pesikaka
  • 1994
  • Oil  on  canvas
  • 68 x 35 in (172.7 x 88.9 cm)
  • From the Collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
  • Category: Painting
    Style: Figurative



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