• NGMA India

    Amrita Sher-Gil

    Accession No . 129 Artist Name. Amrita Sher-Gil Title. Woman on Charpai Medium. Oil on Canvas Size. 34.5" x 29.5"

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    Painted in 1940, Amrita Sher-Gil expresses a passive sexuality in many of her female forms. The image also brings to life a private domestic scene in the female qu. Art historian Geeta Kapur comments on Amrita Sher-Gil starting a genre representing a feudal/feminine world. Geeta Kapur When was Modernism, Geeta Kapur, Tulika, 2000.