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Salman Rushdie ('The Moor')

2 of 8 portraits on display in Room 35 at the National Portrait Gallery

by Bhupen Khakhar
oil on linen, 1995
48 in. x 48 in. (1219 mm x 1219 mm)
Purchased, 1995
Primary Collection
NPG 6352

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Sitterback to top

Sir (Ahmed) Salman Rushdie (1947-), Novelist. Sitter in 6 portraits.

Artistback to top

Bhupen Khakhar (1934-2003), Indian painter. Artist of 1 portrait.

This portraitback to top

This portrait is entitled Salman Rushdie: The Moor, and celebrates his novel, The Moor's Last Sigh (1995, Whitbread Prize) with the author surrounded by scenes from his novel.

Linked publicationsback to top

Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery: An Illustrated Guide, 2000, p. 235
Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery, 1997, p. 235
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 538