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Varsha

Artist Ranjani Shettar (Indian, b. 1977, Bangalore, India)
Maker/Publisher The Library Council, Museum of Modern Art
Copy Right Holder Artist or artist's estate
Copy Right Holder The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Date2012
Mediumzinc-alloy inlaid with silver, etching, woodcut, silkscreen, laser cut and pigment printing
Dimensions11 x 30 in. (each of 16); 11 × 15 × 3 in. (27.9 × 38.1 × 7.6 cm) closed book; 40 ft. long extended
Classification(s)
  • DEC ARTS
Credit LineGift of Deepak Talwar P'26 and Leslie Talwar P'26
Terms
  • nature
  • astrology
Object numberM.2024.3
Descriptioncontaining 16 prints named after 16 nakshatras (from a total of 28 in a calendar year), each with its own astrological, mythopoetic, and religious significance
Edition131/150
Inscribedlast page in graphite: [artist's signature]
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