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Object Details

• Artist

  Ram Rahman (India, born 1955)

• Provenance

  1992-?

  Ram Rahman (b. 1955), India [1]

  ?-?

  Ownership information unknown

  ?

  Sale, Saffron Art, unidentified sale, unidentified date [2]

  ?-2019

  Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur, purchased at unidentified Saffron Art Sale [3]

  From 2019

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

  Notes:

  [1] The photograph was executed in 1992.

  [2] See the object list, undated (ca. January 28, 2019), copy in object file. The object list does not indicate an edition number, vendor name, or date of acquisition date.

  See also Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, “Acquisition Consideration Form,” approved on May 14, 2019, copy in object file. The object list indicates that this object was acquired by Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur from Saffron Art.

  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.

  [3] See note 2, “Acquisition Consideration Form.” 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 July 25, 2024

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ram Rahman (India, born 1955)

  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

  1990s

• Name

  Rahman, Ram, Gaur, Sunanda, Gaur, Umesh

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Contemporary Art, Art

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Photographs