Harvard Art Museums > 2005.11: Mango Season, Crawford Market, Mumbai, Maharashtra 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"Mango Season, Crawford Market, Mumbai, Maharashtra (Raghubir Singh) , 2005.11,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/50215. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.11 People Raghubir Singh, Indian (Jaipur 1942 - 1999 New York) Title Mango Season, Crawford Market, Mumbai, Maharashtra Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date 1993 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Maharashtra Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/50215 Physical Descriptions Technique Chromogenic print Dimensions image: 49.5 x 74.3 cm (19 1/2 x 29 1/4 in.) sheet: 81.28 x 60.96 cm (32 x 24 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History José M. Soriano Sr., New York, purchased from Sepia Gallery, 2004, gift to HUAM, 2005. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jose M. Soriano Copyright © Raghubir Singh Accession Year 2005 Object Number 2005.11 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 Vividly capturing the spirit of the bazaar or market in Bombay in the mango season in summer, this photograph comes from a series of photographs of Bombay done by Raghubir Singh the renowned photographer from India. The Crawford market is a well- known wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Bombay, named after the first municipal commissioner, Arthur Crawford. Raghubir Singh's work is heavily influenced by the work of the French Photographer Henri Cartier Bresson and his philosophy of the 'Decisive moment'. His photographs speak not just of the every day mundane existence of ordinary Indians but produce a true cultural experience illustrating for the viewer the essence of contemporary India. This photograph of the crowded market of Bombay captures Bresson's philosophy of the 'decisive moment' when the busy porters have taken a short tea break. He was awarded the prestigious Padmashri award- A civilian award given by the Government of India in 1983. This photograph has been published in Raghubir Singh's book, Bombay: Gateway of India, 1994. Publication History Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2004-2005 (Cambridge, MA, 2005), p. 15 Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 249, ill. 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
