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Object name(s):
Photography; Portrait of a Hindu holyman, Rahjastan, India
Brief description:
Portrait of a Hindu holyman, Rahjastan, India. The man is elderly with a bushy white beard and dreadlocks. He has text / symbols painted on his forehead. Black and white image with a range of tones
Collection:
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
Acquisition date:
1990
Acquisition funding source:
Catherine Lewis Trust
Acquisition method:
Purchase
Dimension:
Width
Dimension value:
274
Dimension:
Height
Dimension value:
377
Inscription content:
(black ink, verso) HOLY MAN. RAJASTHAN. INDIA. / B/75/5
Material:
Silver print on Agfa Record Rapide semi-gloss paper
Object name:
Photography; Portrait of a Hindu holyman, Rahjastan, India
Object number:
PH628
Object production date:
1980
Date - association:
C
Date - earliest / single:
1980
Date - latest:
1990
Object production person:
Rudy Lewis
Person's association:
Artist/Maker
Person's biographical note:
Photographer. Worked as a technician at the School of Art, 1990-2001. He lives and works in Aberystwyth but has photographed people and places in the USA, South America, East Africa, the Himalayas, India and the Far East. He had a one-man show at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in 1991
Person's birth date:
1939
Person's forenames:
Rudy
Person's place of birth:
UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
Person's surname:
Lewis
Object production place:
UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
Owner:
The artist
Organisation's association:
Object source
Responsible department/section:
Photography

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e108e6f5-bfeb-37f4-b709-723475b00fa5

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e108e6f5-bfeb-37f4-b709-723475b00fa5, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC

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