KAIKO MOTI (Indian 1921 - 1989) Portrait of Yasmin, 1964, limited edition color lithograph numbered 96/115, pencil signed. Kaiko Moti was born Kaikobad Motiwalla in Bombay, India in 1921. He began private design classes at the age of 14 and he attended the Bombay School of Fine Arts from 1939 to 1946. Moti continued his studies in London where he studied art at the Slade School of Art of the University College and received his Masters Degree in painting and sculpture. Moti moved to Paris around 1950. He attended the Academie de la Grand Chaumiere and studied sculpture with Ossip Zadkine. He discovered his passion for intaglio printmaking in 1952 at Atelier 17 while studying with Stanley William Hayter. Moti exhibited internationally at the Venice Biennale, the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Basel Art Fair, the Art Expo and the New York Public Library. He won various awards and is represented in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Paris Musee d’Art Moderne, Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Hammer Museum at University of California, Los Angeles. Dimensions: 26 inches high x 19.75 in wide Condition: Good with slight edge wear.