In a Jogi dera somewhere in Bikaner. The boy being slapped is mentally handicapped.

In a Jogi dera somewhere in Bikaner. The boy being slapped is mentally handicapped.

Photograph

Gauri Gill

Maker
Indian, b. 1970

In a Jogi dera somewhere in Bikaner. The boy being slapped is mentally handicapped.

From Notes from the Desert


1999–ongoing
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 7/16 × 11 in. (18.9 × 28 cm)
Paper: 9 7/16 × 12 in. (23.9 × 30.5 cm)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.0872
DescriptionThis work print is part of the museum's archival holdings from the FiftyCrows Foundation.
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on applied label verso BRC: © GAURI GILL 8 BIKANER DISTRICT 1999 \ IN A JOGI CAMP. THE BOY BEING SLAPPED \ IS MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
Inscribed in pencil on verso BR: Gill 08
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