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Krishen Khanna
The Grave`s a Fine and Quiet Place


- - This monochromatic painting is inspired by a pair of rhyming lines from Andrew Marvell’s poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’. As Khanna explains, the title is influenced by a “…line from Andrew Marvell, but the painting itself is in refutation of the one that follows it, ‘but none, I’m told, do there embrace’”. In this gentle portrait of a couple sharing a coffin, “…there is a tender holding of hands, symbolizing everlasting love” (Krishen Khanna, January
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KRISHEN KHANNA: A RETROSPECTIVE

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  • Krishen Khanna
  • The Grave`s a Fine and Quiet Place
  • c. 2004
  • Charcoal and oil  on  canvas
  • 70 x 40 in (177.8 x 101.6 cm)
  • From the Collection of the Artist
  • EXHIBITED AND PUBLISHED:
    Public Airing: Works on Canvas, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2004
  • Category: Painting
    Style: Figurative



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