Harvard Art Museums > 2006.183: Visitors at Anand Bhavan, Allahabad Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Visitors at Anand Bhavan, Allahabad (Dayanita Singh) , 2006.183,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/317314. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.183 People Dayanita Singh, Indian (born 1961) Title Visitors at Anand Bhavan, Allahabad Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date 2000 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317314 Physical Descriptions Medium Gelatin silver print Technique Gelatin silver print Dimensions Sheet: H 104.4 x W 104.5 cm Image H 93.2 x W 92.1 cm Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Jose M. Soriano Copyright © Dayanita Singh. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.183 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This large, square format, black and white photograph depicts a low bed lying horizontally at close range in the foreground of the composition and a group of figures behind it to the left, framed by the boundaries of a display window. This photograph was taken inside Indira Gandhi's bedroom at Anand Bhavan, Nehru's family house in Allahabad. During a visit to the Fogg Museum in Fall, 2006, Singh described the moment that the photograph captures. Nehru's home is now a house museum and Singh had special access to work inside this room, which functioned as a display. The photograph was an unplanned surprise, she took the photo just as the visitors walk up to the window, both she and they were startled, and then they left as quickly as they came. Publication History Thomas W. Lentz, ed., Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2006-7, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2008), p. 16, repr. Exhibition History Focus on South Asian Photography: Recent Works, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/01/2007 - 05/06/2007 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
