Between one shore and several others (after "Potato Eaters" by Van Gogh )

Object Details

• Artist

  Vivek Vilasini (Indian, born 1964)

• Provenance

  2008

  Photograph printed in 2008. [1]

  2008

  Sale, New York, Saffron Art, Winter Auction 2008, December 10-11, 2000, lot 65: “Between One Shore and Several Others (Potato Eaters after Van Gogh) [2]

  From 2008 to 2019

  Umesh and Sunanda Gaur, Franklin, New Jersey, purchased at auction, “Winter Auction 2008,” Saffron Art, New York, December 10, 2008, lot no. 65, “Between One Shore and Several Others (Potato Eaters after Van Gogh)” [3]

  From 2019

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Umesh and Sunanda Gaur [4]

  Notes:

  [1] This is sixth from a limited edition of seven prints. It’s unknown whether it was the artist who printed the photograph or the auction house, Saffron Art.

  [2] See auction catalogue, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [3] Umesh and Sunanda Gaur purchased this photograph on December 10, 2008, see object file, Collections Management Office.

  [4] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Body Transformed: Contemporary South Asian Photography and Prints (February 15 to August 17, 2025)

  Looking In, Looking Out: Contemporary Indian Photography from the Gaur Collection (February 13, 2016 to May 6, 2017)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Saffron Art (established 2000)

  Umesh Gaur

  Sunanda Gaur

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur

• Type

  Photograph

• On View

  Sackler Gallery 28a: Body Transformed: Contemporary South Asian Photography and Prints

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  2000s

• Name

  Saffron Art, Gaur, Sunanda, Gaur, Umesh

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Contemporary Art, Art

• Object Type

  Photographs

• On View

  Yes