Delhi

Artist Zarina (Indian, 1937 - 2020)

Date2008

MediumCollage with woven strips of woodcut, printed in black on handmade Nepalese paper and mounted on Arches Cover white paper

DimensionsImage: 16 3/4 × 12 11/16 inches (42.55 × 32.3 cm)
Sheet: 25 11/16 × 19 11/16 inches (65.3 × 50 cm)
Framed: 28 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (72.39 × 57.15 × 3.81 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund from the David Woods Kemper Foundation

Object number2019.6

On View

Not on view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionThis vertically-oriented paper collage weaves together thin strips of paper cut from prints in order to create an abstracted map of the Indian capital city of Delhi. The prints used to create the work are monochromatic woodblock prints of Delhi maps created by the artist. The artist uses black ink on plain paper in her prints. The overall effect of the composition and technique is the creation of a highly textured and abstract image that reveals and conceals itself to the viewer.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Zarina, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, October 27–December 22, 2018, no cat.

Provenance

Collection of the artist, 2008-2018;

With Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, 2018-2019;

Purchased from Luhring Augustine Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

Published References

No publication history known at this time.

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