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Exchange of letters between Honorary Secretary of Jehangir Art Gallery and artist Jyoti Bhatt, regarding the booking of the Exhibition Gallery.

The first letter from Mr. V.V. Oak, the Honorary Secretary of Jehangir Art Gallery, is dated 22 July 1959.

The second letter is a draft reply that Jyoti Bhatt wrote on the reverse side of the same letter, dated 1 August 1959.

Context

The exhibition 'Baroda Group of Artists: Fourth Show' was held at Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, from 3 to 10 December 1959. The show comprised of around fifty exhibits of paintings, drawings, and graphics. Participating artists included Jyoti Bhatt, N.S. Bendre, Farokh Contractor, Bhupendra Desai, Prafull Dave, Prabha Dongre, Kishori Kaul, Padmini Manerikar, Ratan Parimoo, Vinod Shah, G.R. Santosh, K.G. Subramanyan, G.M. Sheikh, Himmat Shah, Haku Shah, Bhupendra Gandhi, Gulshan Khan, Indu Patwa, Chintamani Bhale, Himat Khatsuria, Kumud Patel, Mansing Chhara, Naina Dalal, Narendra Amin, Natu Patel, Raghav Kaneria, Ramesh Naik, Ratanchand Surana, Shailesh Dave, Shashikala Sawant, Triloke Kaul, Vinodray Patel, I.N. Talat, and N.G. Bhanwadia.

The Baroda Group of Artists was formed in the year 1956 by G.R. Santosh, Ratan Parimoo, K.G. Subramanyan, Prabha Dongre, Shanti Dave, K. Patel, Triloke Kaul, Vinay Trivedi, N.S. Bendre, Balkrishna Patel, Jyoti Bhatt, Prafull Dave, and Ramesh Pandya. The Group had exhibited in various cities like Bombay, Ahmedabad, and Srinagar between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s. Members of the Group changed over the years.

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Language

English

Publication/Creation date

1959

Content type

correspondence

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Exchange of Letters between Honorary Secretary of Jehangir Art Gallery and Jyoti Bhatt, 1959