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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1933 painting by Amrita Sher-Gil}}<br />
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'''''Professional Model''''' is an [[oil on canvas]] painting by [[Amrita Sher-Gil]]. It was created in 1933 in Paris and depicts a nude [[tuberculosis|consumptive]]. Its [[vernissage]] took place in February 1933, the same year that her painting ''[[Young Girls (painting)|Young Girls]]'' earned her the title of associate member of the [[Salon (Paris)|Paris Salon]].<ref name=Dalmia2013.4>Dalmia, p. 50</ref><ref name=Mathur2011>{{cite journal |last1=Mathur |first1=Saloni |title=A Retake of Sher-Gil's Self-Portrait as Tahitian |journal=Critical Inquiry |date=March 2011 |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=515–544 |doi=10.1086/659356 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/659356|url-access=subscription }}</ref><br />
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The painting was number 16 of 33 of Sher-Gil's works displayed at [[Amrita Sher-Gil's paintings at Lahore (1937)|her solo exhibition]] at [[Faletti's Hotel]] in [[Lahore]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]], held from 21 to 27 November 1937.<ref name=Sundaram2010.422>Sundaram, pp. 422-424</ref> There, it was not for sale.<ref name=Sundaram2010.422/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of paintings by Amrita Sher-Gil]]<br />
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*{{Cite book |last=Dalmia|first=Yashodhara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mj3mlgEACAAJ |title=Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life |date=2013 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Gurugram |isbn=978-0-14-342026-2 |language=en}}<br />
*{{cite book |last1=Sundaram |first1=Vivan |title=Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings |date=2010 |publisher=Tulika Books |location=New Delhi |volume=1|pages=1-417|isbn=978-81-89487-59-1}}<br />
*{{cite book |last1=Sundaram |first1=Vivan |title=Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings |date=2010 |publisher=Tulika Books |location=New Delhi |volume=2|pages=418-821|isbn=978-81-89487-59-1}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web |title=Amrita Sher-Gil |url=http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in/virtual-tour-of-amrita-sher-gil.asp |website=ngmaindia.gov.in |access-date=11 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111064707/http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in/virtual-tour-of-amrita-sher-gil.asp|archive-date=11 November 2023}}<br />
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[[Category:Paintings by Amrita Sher-Gil]]<br />
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