Untitled

Object Details

• Artist

  Sheba Chhachhi (India, born 1958)

• Edition/State

  23/40

• Provenance

  2007-?

  Sheba Chhachhi (b. 1958), New Delhi, India [1]

  ?-2014

  Ownership information unknown

  2014

  Sale, online, Saffron Art, “Absolute Auction of Modern & Contemporary Indian Art,” August 20-21, 2014, lot 17 [2]

  2014-2019

  Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur, purchased at August 20-21, 2014, Saffron Art Sale, online [3]

  From 2019

  National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See the artist’s signature, the date “2007,” and the edition number “23/40” in the lower right. The photograph was executed in 2007 and it is the 23rd of 40 editions.

  [2] In the online lot record the object is described as, “Untitled [/] Signed and dated in English (lower right) [/] 2007 [/] Archival print on paper [/] 16.5 x 21 in | 41.9 x 53.3 cm [/] Twentieth [sic, twenty-third] from a limited edition of forty.”

  [3] See the object list, undated (ca. January 28, 2019), copy in object file. The list indicates that Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur acquired this work from Saffron Art, but not date of acquisition is listed.

  See also “Temporary Custody Receipt,” number RLS2019.2, undated, copy in object file. The object was transferred from Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery for acquisition consideration on March 14, 2019.

  [4] See Arthur M. Sackler, “Acquisition Consideration Form,” approved on May 14, 2019, copy in object file. See also the signed “Deed of Gift,” copy in object file. From 2019-2023 this work was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.

  Research updated June 24, 2024

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Unstill Waters (December 10, 2022 to June 11, 2023)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Sheba Chhachhi (India, born 1958)

  Umesh Gaur

  Sunanda Gaur

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur

• Type

  Photograph

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  2000s

• Name

  Chhachhi, Sheba, Gaur, Sunanda, Gaur, Umesh

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Contemporary Art, Landscapes, Art

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Photographs