Planted a garden of Roses from Aligarh: New Delhi 1961- 1963
1997
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View on museum website →Medium
cut-and-pasted aquatint and etching, printed chine collé with watercolor and black crayon additions on wove Arches Cover paper from a portfolio of ten etchings (including title page)
Dimensions
image (irreg.): 15.5 × 22.4 cm (6 1/8 × 8 13/16 in.) sheet (folded): 53 × 53 cm (20 7/8 × 20 7/8 in.) sheet (unfolded): 53 × 106 cm (20 7/8 × 41 3/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
2022.7.1.3
Art Historical Context
Zarina's *Planted a Garden of Roses from Aligarh: New Delhi 1961–1963* (1997) is a poignant print from a portfolio of ten etchings, including a title page, now housed in the National Gallery of Art as a gift from the Collectors Committee. The title evokes intimate memories of the artist's early life in India, referencing the cultivation of a rose garden transplanted from Aligarh to New Delhi during the years 1961–1963. Created decades later, it reflects themes of home, displacement, and nostalgia, hallmarks of Zarina's minimalist style, which often draws from personal history and migration. T...