After a photograph by Kanu Gandhi

Lot 1 Details

GANDHI: From the Collection of Anand T Hingorani - Letters, Philately, Manuscripts and Artefacts 17 September 2026

After a photograph by Kanu Gandhi

BA (KASTURBA...

Photomechanical print/postcard depicting...

View Dimensions 10 x 11.5 in (25.4 x 29.2 cm)

Accompanied by an associated note from Mahatma Gandhi to Anand T Hingorani dated Sevagram, 22 February 1945, published in Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. 85, Letter No. 695, p. 411 and Young India, No. 264, p. 153, which reads:

“This pen belongs to Ba.
I like it but the question is how I can do it.
For you and Sarojini. She too is unhappy.”

Together with Anand T Hingorani’s explanatory manuscript note recording:
1. “Bapu autographed for me his and Ba’s joint photograph with Ba’s pen. At first he took up one pen, then another, and finally Ba’s. I thereupon inquired the reason for thus changing pens and got the above reply.”
2. "The reference is to my request for English translations by Bapu of his Daily Thoughts which he has started writing for me since 20.11.1944."
3. "Re.appointment for talk."

The accompanying documentary exchange directly connects the present inscribed photograph with Gandhi’s reference to Kasturba Gandhi’s pen and substantially reinforces the historical and personal significance of the object.

Winning bid
$18,947
Rs 18,00,000
(Inclusive of buyer's premium)