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Amrita Sher-Gil: a self-portrait in letters and writings, introd., annotated & ed. by Vivan Sundaram, 2 vols..
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.
ISBN: 9788189487591 (set)
 
Format: various pagings, full of col. & b&w ills., ind., 28cm.
Publisher: Tulika Books, New Delhi
Pub.Year: 2010
 
 






 
 
 
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