Artists, framed

A Delhi-based artist and chronicler has embarked on a unique journey to capture Indian and Pakistani artists with their works

Ritika Kochhar  September 24, 2016 Last Updated at 00:14 IST

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In March this year, when Sotheby's put a massive V S Gaitonde painting from the collection of reclusive artist and 1960s art patron Bal Chhabda for auction, it turned to artist and chronicler Manisha Gera Baswani for a photograph of the collector. Providentially, it was a picture with the work in the background. It was also the last picture ever taken of the collector. Baswani did not know the reclusive artist personally, but on a trip to Mumbai she called him and mentioned that she'd got him gajak from Delhi. Despite being in depression over his wife's death, Chhabda agreed ...

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Artists, framed