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India. Calcutta. Harrison Road I with Group of Jogees, after photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck
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India. Calcutta. Harrison Road I with Group of Jogees, after photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck

Description

The light poles in the image suggest the photo was taken after that event. The Jogees or Jogis are a rapidly shrinking caste that began as a community of people who practiced yoga and worshipped the Hindu god Shiva. Many earn their living as religious beggars. They traditionally wear saffron-colored clothing, but the printers in Switzerland who added the color to this image did not know that.

Provenance

Collection of Gunter Heil, Germany; Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

20.6 × 26.4 cm

Movement / Period

Photography

Accession No

2019.186

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)

Photography • India, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

India. Calcutta. Harrison Road I with Group of Jogees, after photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck by Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910) (c. 1890–1910) | PublicArk | PublicArk