Self Portrait (with a yellow flower)

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Self Portrait (with a yellow flower)

Entry/Object ID

2017.05.06

Description

he artwork features a central yellow flower surrounded by intricate patterns. Two stylized birds with detailed feather patterns face each other, flanking the flower. Above, human legs hang down onto the birds. Below the flower, an abstract, upside down tied-up animal-like figure with mask-like features lies symmetrically, perhaps restrained or bound.

Type of Print

Aquatint, Etching

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Subject

Self-Portrait, Jyoti Bhatt

Acquisition

Accession

2017.05

Source or Donor

Derek Davenport

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Joyti Bhatt

Role

Print Maker

Date made

1970

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Note

Location

Back Bottom Edge

Transcription

Jyoti Bhatt Price Rs. 250 /- 2 - Adhyapak Niwas Jyoti Baroda - 2, India 2017.05.06

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pencil

Type

Note

Location

Back Upper Left Corner

Transcription

2017.05.06

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pencil

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Etching

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

27-1/2 in

Width

20-9/16 in

Provenance

Notes

Derek Davenport (1927-2017), West Lafayette, Indiana; by descent to Susan Davenport, Indianapolis, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Galleries in 2017