Untitled (Chariot)

Name/Title

Untitled (Chariot)

Entry/Object ID

2018.010

Collection

Hundal Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Jamini Roy

Date made

circa 1940 - 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Height

19-1/2 in

Width

33 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Wedding Procession is an amalgamation of diverse local sources reconfigured into his own inimitable genre. Roy’s two-dimensional compositions and unmodulated color depicting Hindu themes and daily life were, perhaps ironically the touchstone for the modernist movement in India.(M. Sirhandi)