{"id":12503,"date":"2023-06-01T10:57:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=12503"},"modified":"2023-06-01T10:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T10:57:07","slug":"archives-of-etchings-and-etching-plates-and-intended-sketches-a-missing-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=12503","title":{"rendered":"ARCHIVES OF ETCHINGS AND ETCHING PLATES; AND INTENDED SKETCHES: A MISSING TREASURE."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ARCHIVES OF ETCHINGS AND ETCHING PLATES;<br>AND INTENDED SKETCHES: A MISSING TREASURE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that reputation is that M.A. Rahman Chughtai made 300 etchings. We have a record of at least 239 etching and aquatint prints. But we also have a record of more than a hundred plates, with many plates showing works, which never got to the printing stage. And we have hundreds of sketches made for etchings which never got etched on plates. A phenomenal artist of all times, and this society has become so philistine with time, that it has forgotten its aesthetic background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003.-Fresh-Harvest.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"831\" data-id=\"12507\"  src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003.-Fresh-Harvest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003.-Fresh-Harvest.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003.-Fresh-Harvest-289x300.jpg 289w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/003.-Fresh-Harvest-768x798.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fresh Harvest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/009.-Lost-Goat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"839\" data-id=\"12504\"  src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/009.-Lost-Goat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/009.-Lost-Goat.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/009.-Lost-Goat-300x252.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/009.-Lost-Goat-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lost Goat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/051.-Shikari.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"940\" data-id=\"12506\"  src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/051.-Shikari.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12506\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/051.-Shikari.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/051.-Shikari-300x282.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/051.-Shikari-768x722.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shikari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/038b.-Living-Figurine.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"963\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"12505\"  src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/038b.-Living-Figurine-963x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/038b.-Living-Figurine-963x1024.jpg 963w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/038b.-Living-Figurine-282x300.jpg 282w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/038b.-Living-Figurine-768x816.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/038b.-Living-Figurine.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Living Figurine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/006.-Floating-Buffaloes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1005\" data-id=\"12508\"  src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/006.-Floating-Buffaloes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/006.-Floating-Buffaloes.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/006.-Floating-Buffaloes-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/006.-Floating-Buffaloes-768x772.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Floating Buffaloes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case we present a few impressions of scanned plates with powder in the lines and photoshoped to clear them. Enjoy a missing treasure! The full realization that indeed he was Modern Master of Islamic civilization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARCHIVES OF ETCHINGS AND ETCHING PLATES;AND INTENDED SKETCHES: A MISSING TREASURE. We know that reputation is that M.A. Rahman Chughtai made 300 etchings. We have a record of at least 239 etching and aquatint prints. 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