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Suicide Sari
Ensemble
2011 (made)
2011 (made)
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Silk crepe sari with 'Suicide' print in black and white, silk vest with matching motif, cotton petticoat with 'Shoetread' design in blue.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Title | Suicide Sari (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed silk, cotton |
| Brief description | 'Suicide Sari' ensemble designed by Kallol Datta 1955, Kolkata, 2011 |
| Physical description | Silk crepe sari with 'Suicide' print in black and white, silk vest with matching motif, cotton petticoat with 'Shoetread' design in blue. |
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| Gallery label | Suicide Print Sari
Kallol Datta uses unusual, occasionally provocative, prints on his outfits. He developed the 'suicide print' for this sari with artist Indranil Ram Kamath and integrates into the pattern an image of a stick-figure hanging by the neck. Datta's shoe-tread print is on the underskirt. Worn with a loose fitting blouse, this ensemble is a daring alternative to the conventional sari.
Designed by Kallol Datta (b.1982)
Silk with silk-screen print
Kolkata, West BEngal, 2011
Purchased with the assistance of the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mr. Perry Smith
V&A: IS. 25-2015(03/10/2015-10/01/2016) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mr. Perry Smith |
| Bibliographic reference | Crill, Rosemary ed. The Fabric of India text by Rosemary Crill, Steven Cohen and Divia Patel. V&A Publications, London: 2016. illus. 238 |
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| Accession number | IS.25:1 to 3-2015 |
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| Record created | May 28, 2015 |
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