South Asian Modern Art 2021

Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 'Laxman Pai/ Paris 6/60' and signed and dated in Devanagari lower right

Etching on paper
Signed 'Rahman Chughtai' lower left

Drypoint etching on paper
Signed and titled along lower edge

Pen and ink on paper
Signed and dated in Bengali lower right, the backboard inscribed with details of the work as well as those of Dr Sen Gupta and his collection stamp

Ink and black chalk on paper
Signed and dated in Bengali lower right, the backboard inscribed with details of the work as well as those of Dr Sen Gupta and his collection stamp

Ink on cloth laid down on card, diptych
Signed and dated in Urdu lower left

Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated 'Raza 82' lower right and further signed 'RAZA' on reverse

Privately printed by Sebastian Carter, 1989
First edition, Number VII of twelve copies (from an entire edition of just seventy two), with an extra suite of signed prints by Bhupen Khakhar and bound in full morocco by Romilly Saumarez Smith, with a block of 9 square grey-silver morocco onlays each decorated with a gilt oval to the upper cover, and a single like square onlay to the lower cover. Large 4to. Signed by Rushdie on the limitation page and additionally inscribed by him to Olwyn Hughes on the half-title, "To Olwyn, Best wishes & well met after many years - Salman Rushdie, 18 Dec. 1990". Housed in the original cloth clamshell box, lettered in gilt to a morocco label on the spine. Five woodcuts and three linocuts by Khakhar illustrate the stories and additionally are included as a suite separate prints on Arches Velin, housed in a custom chemise.