Harvard Art Museums > 2008.234: New Delhi Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"New Delhi (Rishi Singhal) , 2008.234,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/326435. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
