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India (Wrestler Exercising on a Terrace)
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A wrestler holds himself off the ground with his hands in the lower right corner. An earthen barrier runs diagonally through the composition, separating him from a row of seven training batons and two blocks. Parallel to this is the hard edge of the embankment, overlooking a glowing white body of water, the Ganges River, and a distant shoreline. This photograph is a powerful study in tonality, with the deep shading of the wrestler's muscular back contrasting with the lightness of the river.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Howard Greenberg Gallery.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Purchase through the generosity of Jose M. Soriano
Title: India (Wrestler Exercising on a Terrace)
Description:
A wrestler holds himself off the ground with his hands in the lower right corner.
An earthen barrier runs diagonally through the composition, separating him from a row of seven training batons and two blocks.
Parallel to this is the hard edge of the embankment, overlooking a glowing white body of water, the Ganges River, and a distant shoreline.
This photograph is a powerful study in tonality, with the deep shading of the wrestler's muscular back contrasting with the lightness of the river.
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