A Muslim Prays Facing Mecca, Mouth of the Ganges Brahmaputra, Bangladesh

Object Details

• Artist

  Raghubir Singh (1942-1999)

• Printer

  Everett Studios, Inc. (American)

• Provenance

  Early 1989-late 1989

  Raghubir Singh (1942-1999) [1]

  From late 1989

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the artist, Raghubir Singh [2]

  Notes:

  [1] This photograph was printed in early 1989 by Everett Studios, Inc. in White Plains, NY. See letter from Paul Kiley, Everett Studios, Inc., to Patrick Sears, Assistant Director, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, dated May 15, 1989, copy in object file. The photograph was delivered to the museum by November 1989. The photograph received a temporary number upon its arrival to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and an accession number was formally assigned to the object in 1993 following the conclusion of the travel exhibition “India Along the Ganges: Photographs by Raghubir Singh,” November 23, 1989-May 31, 1992.

  [2] See “Gift Agreement,” dated August 19, 1989, copy in object folder.

  Research Completed November 16, 2022

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Along the Inner River: A Journey through the Photographs of Raghubir Singh (October 3, 2011 to April 14, 2014)

  India Along the Ganges: Photographs by Raghubir Singh (November 23, 1989 to May 31, 1992)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Raghubir Singh (1942-1999)

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Gift of the artist

• Type

  Photograph

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1980s

• Name

  Singh, Raghubir

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Contemporary Art, Art, Prayer

• Culture

  Muslims, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Photographs