Midnight Sun

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Artist/Maker	Gorlizki, Alexander (maker) Uddin, Riyaz (maker)
Place of origin	Jaipur (made)

Painting, opaque water-colour and gold paint on paper. A pigeon is shown smoking a huqqa against a Mughal-style background of gold flowers on a silver ground. A leafy tree is to the left and a sun with a human face is at the top of the painting. The painting has a double border of pale blue, the inner with a gold floral motif.

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Categories	Paintings Animals and Wildlife Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Midnight Sun (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque water colour and gold paint on paper Opaque Watercolour Gold Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, 'Midnight Sun', by Alexander Gorlizki and Riyaz Uddin, opaque watercolour and gold paint on paper, Jaipur, 2003
Physical description	Painting, opaque water-colour and gold paint on paper. A pigeon is shown smoking a huqqa against a Mughal-style background of gold flowers on a silver ground. A leafy tree is to the left and a sun with a human face is at the top of the painting. The painting has a double border of pale blue, the inner with a gold floral motif.
Dimensions	Height: 27.4cm Width: 25.7cm
Content description	A pigeon is shown smoking a huqqa against a Mughal-style background of gold flowers on a silver ground. A leafy tree is to the left and a sun with a human face is at the top of the painting.
Production	The work was designed by New York-based artist Alexander Gorlizki and painted in Jaipur by Riyaz Uddin.
Subjects depicted	Pigeon Flowers Tree
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.50-2004

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O392318/midnight-sun-painting-gorlizki-alexander/

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