The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
Saree Shop, Newmarket, Kolkta, India
1998, printed 2005
(American, b. 1958)
Image: 75.8 x 95.7 cm (29 13/16 x 37 11/16 in.); Paper: 91.5 x 111.8 cm (36 x 44 in.); Matted: 96.5 x 121.9 cm (38 x 48 in.)
Gift of Friends of Photography 2006.64
Location: not on view
Description
In this photograph Laura McPhee captures the complexities of urban India. The influence of global consumer society can be seen in the shop display and signage, but the bright textiles represent traditional Indian dress, described by a phonetic spelling of sari. This photograph comes from a series of images of Kolkata, or Calcutta, that McPhee describes as "the story of past and present, of the evolution from colony to independence and beyond."- Gallery One Rotation, April 7, 2014 - November 3, 2014.Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
- {{cite web|title=Saree Shop, Newmarket, Kolkta, India|url=false|author=Laura McPhee|year=1998, printed 2005|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2006.64