MAHATMA GANDHI IN YERODA PRISON

AUCTION:
RARE VINTAGE BLUE-TONE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT. SIZE: 5.5 _ 7 INCHES

PUBLISHED BY THE INDIAN ART PRESS, KALBADEVI, BOMBAY
PUBLISHER: JUGATRAM & CO., KALBADEVI, MUMBAI, NO. 2
CIRCA EARLY 20TH CENTURY (LIKELY 1930s)
MEDIUM: LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT ON PAPER
CATEGORY: HISTORICAL ICONS / INDIAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT / GANDHIANA

DESCRIPTION:
A HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND POETICALLY COMPOSED PRINT DEPICTING MAHATMA GANDHI IN YERODA (NOW YERAWADA) PRISON. THIS IMAGE CAPTURES A MOMENT OF DEEP CONTEMPLATION AND SOLITUDE AS GANDHIJI SITS IN A WICKER CHAIR NEAR A BARRED WINDOW, WRAPPED IN HIS SIMPLE KHUDI CLOTH.

THE MONOCHROMATIC BLUE PRINT, ACCENTUATED BY FLORAL BORDERS AND GUJARATI TEXT, IS A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF THE STRUGGLE FOR INDIAN INDEPENDENCE. THIS PIECE WAS PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE INDIAN ART PRESS, BOMBAY-A PROMINENT NAME IN PATRIOTIC LITHOGRAPHS DURING BRITISH RULE.

A REMARKABLE COLLECTIBLE FOR HISTORIANS, GANDHIAN SCHOLARS, AND LOVERS OF ANTIQUE INDIAN NATIONALIST MEMORABILIA.