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Though Bipin Behari Goswami did not title this bronze thus, it is an unmistakable rendition of the most popular Hindu deity amongst artists—Lord Ganesha. A distinctly modern work, it honestly follows the traditional canon of rendering the deity—the sitting posture with legs folded in front of an overhanging belly, the form rising up like a pyramid topped by the tusker’s head, and arms cradling the sons Shubh and Labh on each side. Goswami’s masterstroke was to give a modern avatar to a traditional aesthetic without comprising on any of its characteristic, defining elements.