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Dayanita Singh
(1961)
Blue Book #32



Photographer Dayanita Singh prefers to be called an "image-based artist." The present lot, from her Blue Book series, is significant for being Singh's first venture into colour photography. It was the result of a fortuitous accident when she mistakenly used daylight film to shoot at night. "I was using daylight film and after sunset the colour temperature changes and for a few minutes the film gets this exaggerated blue tone. I was very...



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  Lot 16 of 47  

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART: A SELECTION FROM THE AMAYA COLLECTION
4-5 DECEMBER 2018
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Rs 8,15,580
$11,820
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Dayanita Singh
 Blue Book #32

 2007
Digital C print on paper pasted on aluminium sheet
39.75 x 39.75 in (101 x 101 cm)

Third from a limited edition of seven

EXHIBITED
Poses and Views, Berlin: Nature Morte, 28 February - 12 April 2013 (another from the edition)

Category: Digital Art
Style: Still Life


 









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