Shop Fronts, Ahmedabad

細節

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903)
Shop Fronts, Ahmedabad
signed, inscribed and dated 'E.L. Weeks/Ahmedabad./Nov. '82' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17¼ x 12¾ in. (43.6 x 32.4 cm.)

來源

New York, American Art Galleries, Works of the Late Edwin Lord Weeks; Important Pictures, Sketches, Studies and Drawings, M15-17 March 1905, no. 145.
with I.R.A. Spanierman, Inc., New York.

展覽

London, Empire of India Exhibition, 1895, no. 47.

注意事項

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拍品專文

This present work was most probably painted on the spot during Week's first expedition to India in November 1882.

Ahmedabad is the major mercantile town of Gujarat. The carved wooden house and shop fronts are typical of the architecture of the region.

We are grateful for the assistance of Dr. Ellen K. Morris in preparing this catalogue entry.