Scroll Painting (Pata)
02/2001 (made)
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Scroll painting, paint on paper, seven frames depicting the artist's contemporary interpretation of the Gujarat earthquake in January 2001. A scrolling border with yellow flowers and green leaves highlights each image, predominantly depicting animals' and humans' suffering, in bold black strokes. This contemporary scroll painting is somewhat similar in style to Kalighat paintings produced during the 19th century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Paint applied to paper |
| Brief description | Bengali scroll painting, Gujarat earthquake, by Gurupada Chitrakar, paint on paper, Kolkata, February 2001 |
| Physical description | Scroll painting, paint on paper, seven frames depicting the artist's contemporary interpretation of the Gujarat earthquake in January 2001. A scrolling border with yellow flowers and green leaves highlights each image, predominantly depicting animals' and humans' suffering, in bold black strokes. This contemporary scroll painting is somewhat similar in style to Kalighat paintings produced during the 19th century. |
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| Content description | The 2001 Gujarat earthquake. |
| Credit line | Given by Dr. Deborah Swallow. |
| Object history | This scroll painting was purchased by Dr Deborah Swallow on Sunday 4 March 2001 at a craft stall organised by Mrs Ruby Palchoudhuri (Crafts Council of West Bengal) for the Adda, a public discussion organised in front of New Market Kolkata. |
| Historical context | This contemporary scroll painting depicts the earthquake that struck Gujarat on 26 January 2001. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Rogers, Emma, Arts of Asia "Tales from India: The Art of Indian Storytelling" January-February 2016 Number: vol. 46, no. 1
p.108, no. 1 |
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| Accession number | IS.2-2002 |
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| Record created | January 7, 2002 |
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