2005.172: Untitled

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2005.172

People

Nasreen Mohamedi, Indian (Karachi, India (now Pakistan) 1937 - 1990 Kihim, India)

Title

Untitled

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

c. 1972

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/18858

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sight: 21.5 x 36.5 cm (8 7/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

José Soriano, New York, New York, Purchased from Talwar Gallery, Gift to HUAM, 2005. Purchased from Talwar Gallery, New York

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jose M. Soriano

Copyright

© Estate of Nasreen Mohamedi; Talwar Gallery, New York/New Delhi

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

2005.172

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The black and white print is grainy, producing a deeply textured image. The photograph depicts the tightly strung warp threads of a loom, cropped in to create an abstract field of diagonal lines broken by the crossing of a few intersecting horizontal threads. The interplay between the threads and the slivers of negative space around them create a rhythmic contrast of light and dark lines, which recede into gradients of grey in the background of the image.

Publication History

• Drawing Papers, No. 52, Drawing Papers, No. 52, 52/ p. 23, 2005, 23

Exhibition History

• Focus on South Asian Photography: Recent Works, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/2007 - 05/06/2007

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