'This self-portrait of the iconic Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) represents more than a life. For this book in two volumes, Amrita's extant letters and writings are translated and reproduced from the originals, and in their entirety. The book draws on the primary text of these letters to open up a visual narrative around the artist's oeuvre, complemented by a parallel text of notes that not only annotate but also entangle the personal in the web of contemporaneity. The editorial intervention expands the setting to include the artist's voice, photographs from the Sher-Gil family album, a collation of reviews from contemporary art critics, and excerpts from autobiographies and testimonies that touched Amrita's life. There are full-colour reproductions of 147 paintings by the artist, representing the largest such collection in print, as well as of her early sketches and watercolours. This archival effort makes for a definitive volume on the life, art and writings of Amrita Sher-Gil.
The book has a Foreword by Salman Rushdie; a Prologue and an Epilogue by Vivan Sundaram; a complete list of Amrita Sher-Gil's 172 known oil paintings with thumbnail sketches and detailed captions; and a select bibliography of writings by and on Amrita Sher-Gil.' (Front flap)

 

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MON.SHA2
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English

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2010

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9788189487591

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1

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artist monograph

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Volume 1

I) Diaries and Notebooks: Hungary, France, India, Italy 1913-1929

II) Letters: India, Italy, France, Hungary, Great Britain 1929-1934

III) Letters and Articles: India 1934-1938

Volume 2

III) (continued) Letters and Articles: India 1934-1938

IV) Letters and Articles: Italy, Hungary 1938-1939

V) Letters and Articles: Ceylon, India 1939-1941

Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters & Writings
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