Bhupen Khakhar
Salman Rushdie, Two Stories with Five Woodcuts and Three Linocuts by Bhupen Khakhar,, 1989
COPY NUMBER IX OF 12 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF SIGNED PRINTS, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HILARY GERRARD on front free endpaper ("To Hilary - Best wishes/ Salman Rushdie-/ 8th Dec: 1990"), of an overall edition of 72 copies signed by the author, 8 full-page wood- and linocuts, the extra suite each signed by the artist loose in gate-fold wrappers, original brown goatskin by Romilly Saumaurez Smith, upper cover with a block of 9 square grey-silver morocco onlays each decorated with a gilt oval, t.e.g., housed together in original brown cloth solander box with title label on spine, large 4to (320 x 250mm.)
Privately Printed by Sebastian Carter, 1989
Privately Printed by Sebastian Carter, 1989
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Provenance
Collection of Hilary Gerrard, London, (gifted by Salman Rushdie in December 1990)Hilary Gerrard (1933–2023) worked in the British music industry and was Ringo Star’s manager from the 1970s onwards.
Exhibitions
South Asian Modern Art 2024, 13 June – 5 July 2024, no. xx, illustrated in exhibition catalogue pg. xx
Literature
Dircon, Chris and Raza, Nada (eds.), Bhupen Khakhar You Can’t Please All, London, 2016, p.179, fig. 52 (details of another edition)Copyright The Artist