Moving Focus India

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Gaganendranath Tagore, Untitled, c. 1915, watercolour on paper, 10.9 × 7.9 in / 27.6 cm × 20 cm Selected by Sanjukta Sunderason (page 514)

Krishnappa Venkatappa, Panorama view of Full Range from the top of Church Hill, 1926, watercolour, 9 × 15 in / 22.9 × 38.1 cm Selected by Sudhir Patwardhan (page 478)

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Gaganendranath Tagore, Untitled, c. 1915, watercolour on paper, 10.9 × 7.9 in / 27.6 cm × 20 cm Selected by Sanjukta Sunderason (page 514)

Krishnappa Venkatappa, Panorama view of Full Range from the top of Church Hill, 1926, watercolour, 9 × 15 in / 22.9 × 38.1 cm Selected by Sudhir Patwardhan (page 478)

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Ravi Varma Press, Kali (from an original by Raja Ravi Varma), c. 1910–1920, lithograph, 19 × 14 in / 48.3 × 35.6 cm Selected by Imma Ramos (page 489)

Archibald Herman Müller, Untitled, 1915, oil on canvas, 42.1 × 59.8 in / 107 × 152 cm Selected by Giles Tillotson (page 516)

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Ravi Varma Press, Kali (from an original by Raja Ravi Varma), c. 1910–1920, lithograph, 19 × 14 in / 48.3 × 35.6 cm Selected by Imma Ramos (page 489)

Archibald Herman Müller, Untitled, 1915, oil on canvas, 42.1 × 59.8 in / 107 × 152 cm Selected by Giles Tillotson (page 516)

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Kalakshetra Foundation, Sari, mid-to-late 20th century, silk, plain weave and supplementary warp brocading, 20.9 × 3.5 ft / 6.4 × 1.1 m Selected by Mayank Mansingh Kaul (page 465)

Artist unknown, Lhota shawl (detail), c. 1940, cotton embroidered with wool, 3.4 × 6.1 ft / 1 × 1.9 m Selected by Pradeep Dalal (page 431)

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Kalakshetra Foundation, Sari, mid-to-late 20th century, silk, plain weave and supplementary warp brocading, 20.9 × 3.5 ft / 6.4 × 1.1 m Selected by Mayank Mansingh Kaul (page 465)

Artist unknown, Lhota shawl (detail), c. 1940, cotton embroidered with wool, 3.4 × 6.1 ft / 1 × 1.9 m Selected by Pradeep Dalal (page 431)

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Ramkinkar Baij, The Perambulator, 1939, bronze, height 15.4 in / 39.1 cm Selected by Kausik Mukhopadhyay (page 469) 48

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Ramkinkar Baij, The Perambulator, 1939, bronze, height 15.4 in / 39.1 cm Selected by Kausik Mukhopadhyay (page 469) 48

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(Top) JLF Hunt, The Kiss. A scene from Karma, 1933, 35mm celluloid film, 68 min Selected by Raqs Media Collective (page 490) (Bottom) Homai Vyarawalla, Untitled (Students at the Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay), early 1940s, photograph, dimensions unknown Selected by Rahaab Allana (page 417)

Amrita Sher-Gil, Self-portrait as Tahitian, 1934, oil on canvas, 35.4 × 22 in / 90 × 56 cm Selected by Devika Singh (page 504) and Rattanamol Singh Johal (page 458)

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(Top) JLF Hunt, The Kiss. A scene from Karma, 1933, 35mm celluloid film, 68 min Selected by Raqs Media Collective (page 490) (Bottom) Homai Vyarawalla, Untitled (Students at the Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay), early 1940s, photograph, dimensions unknown Selected by Rahaab Allana (page 417)

Amrita Sher-Gil, Self-portrait as Tahitian, 1934, oil on canvas, 35.4 × 22 in / 90 × 56 cm Selected by Devika Singh (page 504) and Rattanamol Singh Johal (page 458)

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Ritwik Ghatak, Subarnarekha, 1965, 35mm celluloid film, 143 min Selected by Ashish Rajadhyaksha (page 487)

MF Husain, Through the Eyes of a Painter, 1967, celluloid film, 15 min Selected by Ram Rahman (page 485)

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Ritwik Ghatak, Subarnarekha, 1965, 35mm celluloid film, 143 min Selected by Ashish Rajadhyaksha (page 487)

MF Husain, Through the Eyes of a Painter, 1967, celluloid film, 15 min Selected by Ram Rahman (page 485)

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Sudhir Patwardhan, Fall, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 5 × 3.5 ft / 1.5 × 1.1 m Selected by Gieve Patel (page 474)

Gieve Patel, Two Men with Handcart, 1979, oil on canvas, 5.8 × 4.8 ft / 1.8 × 1.5 m Selected by Devika Singh (page 504)

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Sudhir Patwardhan, Fall, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 5 × 3.5 ft / 1.5 × 1.1 m Selected by Gieve Patel (page 474)

Gieve Patel, Two Men with Handcart, 1979, oil on canvas, 5.8 × 4.8 ft / 1.8 × 1.5 m Selected by Devika Singh (page 504)

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Vivan Sundaram, Memorial, 1993–2014, installation: steel, metal trunks, sandstone tiles, marble, glass, wood, concrete, ceramic, plaster, iron nails, neon, photograph, gelatin silver print and photographs, inkjet print on paper, dimensions variable Selected by Latika Gupta (page 446) and Ashish Rajadhyaksha (page 487) 180

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Vivan Sundaram, Memorial, 1993–2014, installation: steel, metal trunks, sandstone tiles, marble, glass, wood, concrete, ceramic, plaster, iron nails, neon, photograph, gelatin silver print and photographs, inkjet print on paper, dimensions variable Selected by Latika Gupta (page 446) and Ashish Rajadhyaksha (page 487) 180

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Orijit Sen, Wall mural, Virasat-e-Khalsa, Anandpur Sahib, 2008–2011 (Above) Digital photographs (original base for mural), continuous print 6.6 × 29.5 ft / 2 × 9 m (Facing page) 360-degree panoramic installation: paint on 12 layers of offset fibreglass sheets, programmed inbuilt lighting and multiple soundtracks, 75 × 240 ft / 22.9 × 73.2 m Selected by Kavita Singh (page 507) 264

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Orijit Sen, Wall mural, Virasat-e-Khalsa, Anandpur Sahib, 2008–2011 (Above) Digital photographs (original base for mural), continuous print 6.6 × 29.5 ft / 2 × 9 m (Facing page) 360-degree panoramic installation: paint on 12 layers of offset fibreglass sheets, programmed inbuilt lighting and multiple soundtracks, 75 × 240 ft / 22.9 × 73.2 m Selected by Kavita Singh (page 507) 264

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Ranjani Shettar, Seven Ponds and a Few Raindrops, 2017, installation: muslin, stainless steel, tamarind and natural dyes, 19.1 × 18.7 × 8 ft / 5.82 × 5.7 × 2.4 m Selected by Shanay Jhaveri (page 457) 334

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Ranjani Shettar, Seven Ponds and a Few Raindrops, 2017, installation: muslin, stainless steel, tamarind and natural dyes, 19.1 × 18.7 × 8 ft / 5.82 × 5.7 × 2.4 m Selected by Shanay Jhaveri (page 457) 334

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