Men crowd around a long red table seen from slightly above, under a striped ceiling band. Bearded figures in shawls, turbans and headbands line the far side, one resting his chin on his clasped hands, elbows on the table, and one covering his face with his hands; in the foreground, men with their backs to the viewer, one pointing at another's back.

Last Supper

₹2,00,000

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  • Acrylic Ink on Canvas
  • 32 × 23 in (height × width)
  • Edition of 75, signed and numbered

The story behind

I wanted the painting to be imbued with anxiety, doubt & maybe a sense of guilt. I was tempted to add plates, pottery & food on the table but thought the better of it. That might have become a delicious still life quite contrary to what I had intended. The table is bare without any sign of feasting. It acts as a device to hold the anxious congregation together.

Krishen Khanna, Images in My Time (2007)
Detail: Six faces at the table: curled beards, the leaning head on clasped hands, green ground and the flat red-orange table.
Detail

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