No.

MONTH/YEAR

COVER

DESCRIPTION

1

DECEMBER 1960

The Nativity, painting, by S. Senroy.

2

MARCH 1961

Krishna Playing the Flute, mid-18th century painting from central India, shown in an exhibition of Rajput painting in New York.

3

JULY 1962

The Oregon Trail, oil on canvas, 1869, 31 x 49 centimeters, by Albert Bierstadt.

4

DECEMBER 1962

Mother and Child, in stained glass, by Indian American artist Zehra Rehmatulla.

5

DECEMBER 1963

The White Squall, painting, first half of the 19th century, by James Evans. From the collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, New York. 

6

FEBRUARY 1964

Collage by Chander Prabha, 13, of Queen Mary’s School, New Delhi, for a children’s art carnival.

7

SEPTEMBER 1965

Knowledge and Disappearance, optical art painting, 1961, by Richard J. Anuskiewicz.

8

DECEMBER 1965

Spirit of Christmas, painting, by Susan Foster Greene, an American artist living in New Delhi.

9

NOVEMBER 1966

Fantasy cartoon, by Indian artist Mario Miranda, capturing the spirit of Mark Twain’s lecture tour of India, during which he recorded light-hearted encounters with an elephant, princes and swamis.

10

JANUARY 1967

Collage, a capsule glimpse of SPAN’s contents for the January 1967 issue, illustrating Mexico, the fictional land of Oz, fliers, horsemen, musicians, the transition to womanhood, life under the sea, and a lively arts festival.

11

MARCH 1967

Map, oil on canvas, 198.1 x 312.7 centimeters, 1961, by Jasper Johns, one of 100 paintings in an exhibit of modern American art in New Delhi in early 1967.

12

MAY 1969

Cartoon, by Mario Miranda, illustrates the nursery rhyme, “Hey diddle diddle.”

13

DECEMBER 1969

Advertising photograph, courtesy Crown-Zellerbach. A woman in a psychedelic-print dress against a background with a psychedelic light motif.

14

JUNE 1973

Cartoon, by Mario Miranda, sketching an exaggerated view of a future, magazine-mad world.

15

SEPTEMBER 1973

Les Masques, tapestry, 161.29 x 247.02 centimeters, 1971, by Alexander Calder, part of the Woodward Collection displayed at New Delhi’s Roosevelt House, official residence of the U.S. Ambassador.

16

DECEMBER 1973

Miniature painting of Gauri Ragini, Jaipur, 19th century, one of the plates in the book Ragamala Painting by American scholar Klaus Ebeling.

17

MARCH-APRIL 1974

Illustration by SPAN artist Gopi Gajwani, sees the resources shortage as a vast global desert with only one blossom left. Attacked by a swarm of bees—meant to depict the nations of the world—the flower slowly yields its nectar.

18

MAY 1974

Painting, by Ghulam Resool Santosh, envisions a new ice age with the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, the Sphinx and sundry skyscrapers frozen into a solid mass.

19

NOVEMBER 1974

Illustration, by Indian artist Mickey Patel, portrays education as a many-armed goddess surrounded by a bewildered egghead, a scarecrow-like graduate, and a dispirited Don Quixote tilting at windmills with a pen-holder.

20

JANUARY 1975

The American Revolution, painting, by M.F. Husain.

21

JULY 1975

Untitled, sculpture in metal, wood and plastic, by Satish Gujral, exhibited in art galleries in the United States.

22

SEPTEMBER 1975

Jesse With Guitar, oil tempera, 108 x 78 centimeters, 1956, Thomas Hart Benson.

23

AUGUST 1976

Untitled, mixed-media poster, by Robert Rauschenberg announces a concert by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. One of 40 posters by American artists that toured India.

24

SEPTEMBER 1976

Untitled, illustration, by SPAN staff artist B. Roy Choudhury, depicts a rose and a caterpillar on another planet, symbolizing search for extraterrestrial life.

25

OCTOBER 1976

Among the Pines, a First Settlement, lithograph, 1872-74, Currier & Ives, one of 115 early American images that toured Indian cities.

26

DECEMBER 1976

Maelstrom with Blue, gouache on paper, 109.2 x 74.3 centimeters, 1967, by Alexander Calder. One of 50 reproductions comprising the exhibit “Two Hundred Years of American Art,” which toured India.

27

APRIL 1978

Untitled, water color, inspired by the colors of an American gum machine, by 15-year-old Ohio schoolgirl Gayle Daluca. One of many paintings by teenage artists from across the United States that were displayed in New York.

28

JULY 1978

Poster, by Milton Glaser, using one art form, painting, to illustrate another, music. Created for the Temple University Music Festival, it was included in a poster and an arts exhibition shown in India.

29

JUNE 1979

Old Chinese buttons form a bear pattern on a felt blanket. One of 850 artifacts, representing men, myths and natural phenomena, in a Kansas City exhibition of 2,000 years of American Indian art.

30

SEPTEMBER 1979

Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap, oil on canvas, 1851-52, by George Caleb Bingham. Depicts a scene from America’s pioneer history and the settling of the West.

31

JANUARY 1980

Graphic design by SPAN’s art director, Nand Katyal, marking the magazine’s 20th anniversary.

32

OCTOBER 1981

In the Leaves, painting,by Mattie Lou O’Kelly, 73, a self-taught American folk artist from Georgia.

33

MAY 1983

The Coming and Going of the Pony Express, oil on canvas, 66 x 99 centimeters, 1900, by Frederic Remington. This painting captures the excitement of the mail service in the American West during 1860-61.

34

AUGUST 1983

Jimmy and Liz, oil on canvas, 114.4 x 101.9 centimeters, circa 1963, by Fairfield Porter.

35

APRIL 1984

Lighthouse Hill, oil on canvas, 71.8 x 100.3 centimeters, 1927, by Edward Hopper. It shows Cape Elizabeth in Maine.

36

APRIL 1986

Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, early 18th century painting on cotton. The Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art in Hyderabad made it available for a New York exhibition, “India!”

37

MAY 1986

Illustration, by Mario Miranda, of Central Park in New York City.

38

JANUARY 1987

Woman Grinding Flour, tempura on canvas, 104 x 130 centimeters, 1930, one of many scenes and portraits painted by Hubert Julian Stowitts after his visit to India in the 1920s. He was also a dancer, actor and movie maker.

39

MAY 1989

Humayun Seated in a Landscape, opaque water color and gold on paper, 18.8 x 12.3 centimeters, circa 1650, India, from the Late Shah Jahan Album. It was featured at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C., part of the prized acquisition of the collection of French jeweler Henri Vever that was believed lost.

40

DECEMBER 1989

Painting, by SPAN’s art director, Nand Katyal, illustrating the SPAN article, “When Feminism Failed,” an editor’s unhappy account of her attempts to promote the women’s movement in the workplace.

41

JANUARY 1991

Head of a Negro, oil on canvas, 53.3 x 41.3 centimeters, 1777-1778, by portraitist John Singleton Copley. It was among the paintings in a U.S. exhibition on the black image in American art. It is in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan.

42

AUGUST 1991

Detail from Cheyenne Chief, acrylic on canvas, 1989, by John Nieto, an American Indian painter.

43

JULY 1992

Calla Lily, silver gelatin print, 70 x 50.8 centimeters, 1986, by Robert Mapplethorpe. Lent by the Robert Miller Gallery of New York City for an exhibition of American still life photography that toured India.

44

OCTOBER 1992

Head and Bottle, oil on canvas, 166 x 174 centimeters, 1975, by Philip Guston. This depiction of alcoholism was part of a controversial exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in the early 1990s. In May, 2007, the painting was sold through Christie’s New York for $6.5 million.

45

APRIL 1993

Painting, by SPAN’s art director, Nand Katyal, depicts Thomas Jefferson in shades of blue. Katyal said, “I see him as being above normal beings.” The painting is a tribute to Jefferson’s talents as an inventor, architect, writer and one of the fathers of American democracy.

46

JULY 1993

After several days of “forced viewing,” SPAN Art Director Nand Katyal painted his impressions of MTV, the rock video channel.

47

DECEMBER 1993

SPAN Art Director Nand Katyal’s painting provides an artistic dimension to Michal Daniel’s photos form Girish Karnad’s play Naga Mandala, which was staged at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

48

JANUARY 1995

Photographs of ancient Greek statues, believed to represent Achilles and Homer, illustrate a SPAN article on “The Great Books in the Age of Political Correctness.”

49

MARCH 1995

Photograph, 1991, by Stephen Huyler, of a woman decorating her home in Motisinghkilokidhani, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan.

50

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1999

Portrait of Sister, oil on canvas, 93 x 62.5 centimeters, 1936, by Amrita Sher-Gil. It was among several paintings restored under the auspices of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage and the National Gallery of Modern Art.

51

JULY/AUGUST 2002

The Court of Lahore, painting, 120 x 192 centimeters, 1852, by Austro-Hungarian artist August Schoefft, who visited Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Court between 1841-1842. The painting was used on SPAN’s cover to illustrate an article about Josiah Harlan, a 19th-century American adventurer who traveled in Afghanistan and Punjab. Rudyard Kipling’s story, The Man Who Would Be King, is partly based on Harlan. Schoefft’s painting was completed after Harlan returned to America, but many of his associates are depicted in the darbar, starting with Ranjit Singh himself, busy hearing supplicants under the umbrella. Behind him, near a pillar, is General Allard, Harlan’s ally in the court, along with other foreign officers. The painting, which resides in the Sikh Museum at Lahore Fort, Lahore, was reproduced in SPAN by the courtesy of the Department of Archaeology and Museums in Karachi, Pakistan.

52

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2004

The Twenty-One Taras: The Atisha Lineage, 128 x 90 centimeters, 19th century. This image portrays an invocation used by some Buddhists for health and good fortune. They consider Tara an aspect of Chenrezig, the bodhisattva of compassion. The photograph of the image, illustrating a SPAN article on “Preserving Endangered Culture,” was printed by the courtesy of Shelley and Donald Rubin.

53

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007

The Inaugural Montana Power Summer Symphony, poster, 45.68 x 60.96, 1998, by Monte Dolack. To illustrate articles on rural life in America, it was printed in SPAN by the courtesy of Monte Dolack. www.dolack.com

54

MARCH/APRIL 2008

Fire, mixed media, 100 x 50 cm, 2006, by Sujata Bajaj, from L’Ordre du monde, by Jean-Claude Carriere, published by Albin Michel. Paris. It illustrated a package of SPAN articles on climate change.

55

MARCH/APRIL 2009

Guardians, poster print, 55.88 x 71.22, from oil and pastel artwork by Ann Altman of Oregon, for the National Women’s History Project.

56

JULY/AUGUST 2009

First Men-Neil Armstrong, painting, 2007, by U.S. astronaut Alan Bean. It shows how the first man to set foot on the moon would have looked while taking the iconic photo of his lunar companion, Buzz Aldrin. Printed in SPAN courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution to celebrate the 40th anniversary of America’s moon landing.