Kanta, from, Balika Mela series
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Period
2003-2010 -
Geography
India -
Material
Ink-jet print on paper -
Dimension
H x W (Image): 160 × 106.7 cm (63 × 42 in) -
Accession Number
S2013.6 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S2013.6
Object Details
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Artist
Gauri Gill (India, born 1970) -
Printer
Digital Solutions (New Delhi) -
Mounter
Griffin Editions -
Edition/State
2/3 + 1 AP -
Provenance
2012-2013Gauri Gill (b. 1970) [1]From 2013Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Gauri Gill through Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi, India [2]Notes:[1] See “Photograph Information Record” form completed by Gauri Gill, dated February 12, 2016, section 1.3 and 3.6, copy in object file. The “Photograph Information Record” form indicates that this object was printed in 2012 by the commercial printer, Digital Solutions, New Delhi, India.See also Nature Morte Art, Ltd., New Delhi, India, proforma invoice number 2013-14/20, issued by Pete Nagy, dated May 7, 2023, copy in object file.[2] See Arthur M. Sackler, “Acquisition Consideration Form,” approved on May 28, 2013, copy in object file.Research updated October 2, 2023 -
Collection
National Museum of Asian Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Notes from the Desert: Photographs by Gauri Gill (September 17, 2016 to February 12, 2017) -
Previous custodian or owner
Gauri Gill (India, born 1970) -
Origin
India -
Credit Line
Purchase — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art -
Type
Photograph -
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