Tara and Rita Pandit, New York

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Tara and Rita Pandit, New York

1944

Dorothy Norman (American, 1905–1997)

The Pandit sisters were nieces of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and daughters of his sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, herself a prominent political leader who held the Indian ambassadorship to the United Nations from 1946 to 1968. Today Tara Pandit (Nayantara Sehgal, born 1927) is a well-known novelist.

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Object Details

Title:

Tara and Rita Pandit, New York

Date:

1944

Artist:

Dorothy Norman (American, 1905–1997)

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet/Mount: 2 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (6 × 9.5 cm) Mount (secondary): 11 1/4 × 9 5/8 inches (28.6 × 24.4 cm)

Classification:

Photographs

Credit Line:

From the Collection of Dorothy Norman, 1980

Accession Number:

1980-89-49

Geography:

Photograph taken in New York, United States, North and Central America

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