The Last Unfinished Painting

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]

The Last Unfinished Painting
The Last Unfinished Painting
ArtistAmrita Sher-Gil
Year1941
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions65.7 cm × 87.5 cm (25.9 in × 34.4 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

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  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. ^ a b Sundaram, pp. 782-785

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