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Lot No. 1
HOMI J BHABHA
1909-1966

UNTITLED
20.8 x 30.2 in (52.8 x 76.7 cm)
Oil on canvas
Signed: Bottom Left

` 10,00,000 - 15,00,000 | $ 12,195 - 18,292

Provenance: Property from the Estate of the Late
Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha.

While Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha is world-re-
nowned as a genius scientist and the ‘father of
India’s Nuclear Programme,’ a deeper look into
his life reveals that he was also an accomplished
artist with an immense passion for different art
forms.

During his formative years, he was privileged to
receive art instruction in the traditional academic
style from the meticulous tutor Jehangir Lalkaka.
He garnered recognition by securing numerous
awards for artists under the age of 18 at the An-
nual Exhibitions of the Bombay Art Society.

Dr. Homi Bhabha’s contributions to the art world
were not limited to his paintings. Beginning in the
early 1950s, he initiated the establishment of the
TIFR collection, which, in a span of merely a dec-
ade, burgeoned into the preeminent compilation
of Indian modern art worldwide.