Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Morning Ragas, Dia Art Foundation, September 1978
Marian Zazeela
American, 1940–2024
1978
A hand-drawn concert poster printed as an offset lithograph in 1978, in which Marian Zazeela translates the ritual mood of morning raga into flowing calligraphic lettering and a meditative visual field.
The warm cream paper, sinuous brown script and a finely stippled border strike you as a quiet, handwritten invitation—reserved, rhythmic, and meant to slow your attention as if preparing you to listen.
The work shows Zazeela’s blending of visual art, typography, and sound—helping introduce Indian classical listening practices to New York’s avant-garde and pointing toward later immersive, interdisciplinary performance and design projects.
Medium
Offset lithograph
Dimensions
11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Accession
108.2021
Palette
Exhibitions
