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The painting was number 17 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. There, it was priced at ₹1,000 but did not sell. Writing from Budapest on 8 October 1938, Sher-Gil told her parents that she had left
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is an oil on canvas painting by Amrita Sher-Gil, depicting her younger sister Indira. She started the painting in 1932 in Paris. In June 1932, she wrote to her mother that she was a workaholic painting a view from the top of Notre-Dame de Paris during the day and
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The painting is a view of Indira from above. She is lying naked and at a diagonal, on a white sheet, with her left arm raised. Just beneath her is a shawl depicting a dragon that appears to copy the flow of her hair and body curves.
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These days I am painting a view from the top of the Notre Dame... From 6 O'clock in the evening until there is light I am painting a nude of Indu. You see, I work like a madman, no time even to think.
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Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in
Letters and Writings
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