The Last Unfinished Painting

The Last Unfinished Painting
The Last Unfinished Painting
Artist	Amrita Sher-Gil
Year	1941
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	65.7 cm× 87.5 cm(25.9 in× 34.4 in)
Location	National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

The Last Unfinished Painting, originally titled On the Roof, is Amrita Sher-Gil's last oil on canvas painting, created from the window of her apartment in Lahore, India, shortly before her death in December 1941. Her intention was to paint what she could see from her terrace: the milkmen's buffaloes that lived near her house. ^{[1] [2] [3]} A detailed account of the painting is given in Vivan Sundaram's last unwritten letter, which he dated 1 December 1941. ^[4] In it is described a mysterious black object that appears in the bottom right corner, though it was erased in a restoration after 1944. ^[4]

See also

• List of paintings by Amrita Sher-Gil

References

1. Singh, N. Iqbal (1975). "Amrita Sher-Gil" . India International Centre Quarterly. 2 (3): 209–217. ISSN   0376-9771. JSTOR   23001838.
2. Sundaram, p.774
3. Keserü, Katalin (2014). "8. Amrita Sher-Gil: the Indian painter and her French and Hungarian connections". In Dalmia, Yashodhara (ed.). Amrita Sher-Gil: Art & Life : a reader. Oxford University Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN   978-0-19-809886-7.
4. Sundaram, pp. 782-785

Bibliography

• Dalmia, Yashodhara (2013). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life. Gurugram: Penguin Books. ISBN   978-0-14-342026-2.
• Sundaram, Vivan (2010). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings. Vol. 1. New Delhi: Tulika Books. pp. 1–417. ISBN   978-81-89487-59-1.
• Sundaram, Vivan (2010). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings. Vol. 2. New Delhi: Tulika Books. pp. 418–821. ISBN   978-81-89487-59-1.