oil on canvas, signed, titled verso
framed

image size 89.5cm x 85cm, overall size 92cm x 87cm

Note: Jayant Parikh is an Indian artist, printmaker and muralist. He was a student of N.S. Bendre, K.G. Subramanyan and Sankho Chaudhuri. He lives and works in Vadodara, India. His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art (in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangaluru) and the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi. Jayant Parikh was born on 2 April 1940 into a Gujarati Bania family in Bandhni village, Gujarat State, India. His family had a grocery shop in his village. He moved to Vadodara in 1957 to study art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University. In 1962, he achieved his Post Diploma in Painting under the teaching of N S Bendre. He has had more than 74 one-man shows. He has participated in national and international art exhibitions including the Third Triennale–India. His work has been sold at auction houses including at Christie's and Sotheby's. His work is held in the collections Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation (Chatrapati Shivaji Museum, Mumbai)and the Chester and Davida Herwitz collection (The Herwitz Collection) and in numerous prestigious corporate collections including Taj Hotels (including in the TATA Presidential Suite at The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai) and Air India who have acquired at least twenty five works which are on display in their premises around the world. His work has also featured in Air India calendars. Jayant Parikh has won numerous prestigious awards including, most recently in 2022 when he was presented with The Raja Ravi Varma Award for Excellence by Her Highness Rajmata Shubhanginiraje Gaekwad.