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Professional Model

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Professional Model
ArtistAmrita Sher-Gil
Year1933
LocationNational Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Professional Model is an oil on canvas painting by Amrita Sher-Gil. It was created in 1933 in Paris and depicts a nude consumptive. Its vernissage took place in February 1933, the same year that her painting Young Girls earned her the title of associate member of the Paris Salon.[1][2]

The painting was number 16 of 33 of Sher-Gil's works displayed at her solo exhibition at Faletti's Hotel in Lahore, British India, held from 21 to 27 November 1937.[3] There, it was not for sale.[3]

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  1. ^ Dalmia, p. 50
  2. ^ Mathur, Saloni (March 2011). "A Retake of Sher-Gil's Self-Portrait as Tahitian". Critical Inquiry. 37 (3): 515–544. doi:10.1086/659356.
  3. ^ a b Sundaram, pp. 422-424

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