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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.503
People
Lauren Greenfield, American (Boston, Massachusetts born 1966)
Title
An Untouchable by the Ganges River, Varanasi, India, 1986. Since contact with corpses would contaminate members of higher castes such as Brahmins, only Untouchables are permitted to cremate bodies by the holy river.
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1986
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/373304

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Archival pigment print
Technique
Pigment print
Dimensions
sheet: 45.9 × 32.4 cm (18 1/16 × 12 3/4 in.)
image: 45.2 × 31.8 cm (17 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lauren Greenfield, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Annenberg Space for Photography and Lauren Greenfield
Copyright
© Lauren Greenfield
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.503
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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