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Zarina Hashmi
(1937 - 2020)

....these cities blotted into the wilderness (Adrianne Rich after Ghalib)



Zarina Hashmi, a master printmaker, began her journey with a degree in Mathematics and later pursued woodblock printing in Bangkok and Tokyo, and intaglio in Paris. Her early interest in mathematics and geometry is echoed through her minimalist style and emphasis on structural purity. Hashmi chronicles her life through her work; it represents the stories that moved her, the poetry she read, the borders she crossed, and places she lived. ...



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  Lot 68 of 90  

MODERN EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
4 SEPTEMBER 2014

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Rs 18,00,000
$30,000

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Zarina Hashmi
....these cities blotted into the wilderness (Adrianne Rich after Ghalib)

Signed and dated in English (lower right)
2003
Woodcut on Okawara paper and mounted on Somerset paper

Sheet size:
15 x 13 in (38.1 x 33 cm) (each)
Image size:
Title) 2 x 7 in (5 x 17.7 cm)
Quote) 5 x 7 in (12.7 x 17.7 cm)
a) 7.5 x 5.5 in (19 x 13.9 cm)
b) d) 6 x 7.5 in (15.2 x 19 cm) (each)
c) 7 x 6 in (19 x 15.2 cm)
e) f) 7.5 x 7 in (19 x 17.7 cm) (each)
g) 5.5 x 7.5 in (13.9 x 19 cm)
h) 7.5 x 6 in (19 x 15.2 cm)
i) 7.5 x 6.5 in (19 x 16.5 cm)


Fourteenth from a limited edition of twenty with two Artist proofs


(Portfolio of 9 woodblock prints)

Title:
a) City I (Grozny)
b) City II (Sarajevo)
c) City III (Srebrenica)
d) City IV (Beirut)
e) City V (Jenin)
f) City VI (Baghdad)
g) City VII (Kabul)
h) City VIII (Ahmedabad)
i) City IX (New York)

EXHIBITED:
Cities, Countries and Borders: Prints by Zarina, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai; Gallery Espace, New Delhi; Gallery Chawkandi Art, Karachi; Gallery Rohtas 2, Lahore, 2004 (another from the edition)

EXHIBITED AND PUBLISHED:
Zarina: Weaving Memory, 1990-2006, Bodhi Art, Mumbai, 2007 (another from the edition)

Produced at the Artist's studio in New York city

Category: Print Making
Style: Abstract


 









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