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Untitled (Portrait of a Woman in Gray Sari and Veil)
1900s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This hand-tinted portrait photograph is a modern example of a tradition in Indian painting that extends back to the mid-1800s. Having a photograph hand painted required an extra charge, but made the portraits more lifelike and endowed them with the status of a luxury item, akin to painted portraiture.
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- Title: Untitled (Portrait of a Woman in Gray Sari and Veil)
- Date Created: 1900s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 15 x 10.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Paper: 15 x 10.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Mounted: 16.3 x 12 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: (Brutal's Gallery, Paris, France), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.11
- Medium: Gelatin silver print, hand colored
- Inscriptions: Written in black ink on white adhesive label on verso: “Unknown Studio, India/Vintage hand colored/argentic print/140 pounds {crossed out in pencil]60 euros”
- Department: Photography
- Culture: India, 20th century
- Credit Line: John Cook Memorial Fund
- Collection: PH - Misc. 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2017.11
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