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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.234
People
Rishi Singhal (New Delhi, India born 1974)
Title
New Delhi
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
2004
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Delhi
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/326435

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Archival Inkjet Print
Dimensions
76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rishi Singhal (2004-2008), sold [through Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India]; to Conley Harris and Howard Truelove, 2008, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection in honor of Kim Masteller
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.234
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A scene of urban sprawl in the outer neighborhoods of Delhi. The photograph, taken from an areal viewpoint provides a birdseye view upon a large swath of land, where small figures and vehicles interact within a highly structured, if desolate, urban space. In this image, Singhal has created a strong traditional landscape composition: with atmospheric perspective, clear fore, middle, and backgrounds and powerful orthagonals formed by streets, rows of buildings, train tracks, and a canal that recede into a vast, unsee-able horizon. Also similar to Western landscape traditions is the depiction of a strong, flat horizon line and large field of sky, which takes up over a third of the composition. The color palete of this photograph is subdued, earthtones (that very tan earth and red clay of Delhi) and soft greys, which agree with the hazy sky and sinking sunlight of dusk, the time the photograph was taken. The only colors that disrupt this restrained image are the brilliant green and yellow of the CNG rickshaws, and the glowing red of streetlights and the digital clock.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 01/01/2023

Verification Level

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