Jyoti Bhatt (Indian, B.1934) Jal-Thal-Nabh Image size (in) 11.5 x 16.25Jyoti Bhatt (Indian, B.1934)Jal-Thal-Nabh signed and dated Jyoti Bhatt 2009 and edition 46/125 lower leftserigraph in 88 colours on paper, framed99.7 x 125cm (39 1/4 x 49 3/16in).Image size (in) 11.5 x 16.25ProvenanceArcher Graphic Studio, Ahmedabad.Jyoti Bhatt studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda under N.S Bendre and K.G Subramanyan, and subsequently studied fresco and mural painting at Banasthali Vidyapith in Rajasthan. In the early 1960s he studied at both the Academia di Belle Arti in Italy and the Pratt Institute in New York. He is most well known for his modernist work in painting and printmaking, and his photographic documentation of rural Indian culture, as seen in one of the three lots on offer in this auction. A lot his works are playful and colourful and have elements of Pop Art, as seen in the other two lots on offer in this auction. He derives his inspiration from traditional Indian folk designs and symbols that include tribal and village designs, stylized Indian Gods and Goddesses, the peacock, parrot and the lotus. His works are held in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C, The British Museum, London and the Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore. He is the recipient of the Padma Shri, 2019 and was elected as a Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 2022.