The Navarasa Suite from the series Bombay Photo Studio

Pushpamala N · 2003

This one's called The Navarasa Suite from the series Bombay Photo Studio — a photograph by the Indian artist Pushpamala N, two thousand three. Gelatin silver prints — about 66 by 51 centimeters. It is among the darkest surfaces here: measured across the whole picture it gives back very little light.

Medium Gelatin silver prints · Dimensions 25 7/8 × 19 15/16" (65.7 × 50.6 cm) · Credit John Szarkowski Fund

Hanging beside it in Gallery 205: Urvashi - Staged Portrait, Gulmohar Park, Delhi; Street play, Om Swaha, India Gate, Delhi; Urvashi - Anti Dowry Sit-in, Radha - Staged Portrait, Anandlok, Delhi; Radha - Staged Portrait Set-up, Anandlok, Delhi

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Morphologie du rêve #4 from the series Sama Guent Guii, Morphologie du rêve #7 from the series Sama Guent Guii, Morphologie du rêve #1 from the series Sama Guent Guii, Radha - Staged Portrait, Anandlok, Delhi; Radha - Staged Portrait Set-up, Anandlok, Delhi, Untitled, Mahalia Jackson, Singing