Ram Yantra, Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India

© 1951 (renewed 1979) Condé Nast Publications Inc.

Ram Yantra, Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India

Currently not on view

Ram Yantra, Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India,

1945

Irving Penn, 1917–2009; born Plainfield, NJ; died New York, NY; active New York, NY
1996-124

Information

Title
Ram Yantra, Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India
Dates

1945

Maker
Irving Penn
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
28 × 25.9 cm (11 × 10 3/16 in.) mount: 38 x 27.8 cm. (14 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Porter McCray
Object Number
1996-124
Place Depicted

Asia, India, New Delhi, Jantar Mantar

Inscription
Inscribed and signed in ink, below lower right corner of image: for Porter McCray Irving Penn Inscribed in ink, verso upper right corner: 1015B / [over 3 stars stamped in black ink] Titled in graphite, verso upper right corner: RAM Yantra
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped, verso center: PHOTOGRAPH / BY / PENN COPYRIGHT / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
astronomical instruments, monuments, line, observatories

Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India

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