This work is part of the installation, The Sher-Gil Archive. It consists of wooden boxes covered with etched glass containing autochromes by Umrao Singh Sher-Gil of the Sher-Gil family in 1924, converted into translites. This image shows a portrait of Amrita Sher-Gil.
Exhibition history: 'The Sher-Gil Archive: An Installation,' Mucsarnok, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest; The Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi; Gallery Chemould, Bombay; 1995, Illustrated catalogue. 'The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art,' Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; 1996. 'Private Mythology: Contemporary Art from India,' Curator: Akira Tatehata, Japan Foundation, Asia Centre, Tokyo; 1998, Illustrated catalogue. Also shown in ‘Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art,’ Curator: Okwui Envezor, International Center of Photography, New York; 2008, Illustrated catalogue.
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1995
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India
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Mixed media
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67cm x 57cm x 184cm (total)
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Four Black Boxes for the Family (Detail)
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