The sculpture shown above is Cries Un-heard by Amarnath Sahgal. Given below are two statements about it:
Statement I: The work can be read as capitalist.
Statement II: The medium used for the sculpture is bronze.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Only Statement II is correct.
Statement I: The work can be read as capitalist. — Incorrect. The work can be read as socialist. The artist pays homage to millions of destitute families whose cries for help go unheard.
Statement II: The medium used for the sculpture is bronze. — Correct. Sahgal made this sculpture in bronze in 1958.
NCERT (2026-27): “Cries Un-heard This is a sculpture in bronze made by Amarnath Sahgal in 1958. … It is possible for us to read this work as socialist, whereby, the artist pays homage to millions of destitute families in need of help, whose cries fall on deaf ears. None other than socialist poet, Mulk Raj Anand, wrote movingly about this work, which now is in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.”
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