Chicken and a boy in a landscape
Etching
1988 (made)
1988 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jamal Shah was born in 1956 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The artist established the Fine Arts Department at the University of Balochistan and headed the department for three years. In 1985 he formed the Artists Association of Balochistan and became the first Chairman of Artists Association of Pakistan. Jamal obtained a Master's in English Literature from Balochistan University in 1978. He later obtained a Masters in Fine Arts from the Slade School of Art, London.
In this coloured etching, Jamal has etched a nude boy sitting on a mountain looking down and away. At the left, we notice a fighting cock and two hens pecking food. Above in the sky, repeated in miniature in the top right hand corner is a sketch of a sculpture representing tombstone or people (based on the shape of the writing board (takthi), which the artist was to have done for the Parliament building in Islamabad.
In this coloured etching, Jamal has etched a nude boy sitting on a mountain looking down and away. At the left, we notice a fighting cock and two hens pecking food. Above in the sky, repeated in miniature in the top right hand corner is a sketch of a sculpture representing tombstone or people (based on the shape of the writing board (takthi), which the artist was to have done for the Parliament building in Islamabad.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Chicken and a boy in a landscape (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed in ink on paper, coloured etching from a single plate |
| Brief description | Etching, 'Chicken and boy in a landscape' by Jamal Shah, printed in ink on paper, London, 1988 |
| Physical description | Etching, printed in ink on paper, a nude boy sits on a mountain looking down and away from a fighting cock and two hens pecking food at the left. In the sky, repeated in miniature in the top right hand corner is a sketch of a sculpture representing tombstone or people (based on the shape of the writing board (takthi), which the artist was to have done for the Parliament building in Islamabad. The artist commented (28/8/88) that the print reminds him of a Chinese landscape. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Shah Jamal 88'. (Signed and dated by the artist) |
| Object history | The artist made this print along with several others in the collection while he was studying at the Slade School of Art. Gift from artist. Rp 88/1624. |
| Summary | Jamal Shah was born in 1956 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The artist established the Fine Arts Department at the University of Balochistan and headed the department for three years. In 1985 he formed the Artists Association of Balochistan and became the first Chairman of Artists Association of Pakistan. Jamal obtained a Master's in English Literature from Balochistan University in 1978. He later obtained a Masters in Fine Arts from the Slade School of Art, London. In this coloured etching, Jamal has etched a nude boy sitting on a mountain looking down and away. At the left, we notice a fighting cock and two hens pecking food. Above in the sky, repeated in miniature in the top right hand corner is a sketch of a sculpture representing tombstone or people (based on the shape of the writing board (takthi), which the artist was to have done for the Parliament building in Islamabad. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.61-1988 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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