{"product_id":"ruby-digest-cover-1972-urdu-framed-art-khajistan","title":"Ruby Digest Cover (1972, Urdu)– Framed Art","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"287\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly one available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"597\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"78\" data-start=\"69\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Ruby Digest Cover (روبی)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"141\" data-start=\"138\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"152\" data-start=\"141\"\u003eCountry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Pakistan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"165\" data-start=\"162\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"173\" data-start=\"165\"\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 1972\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"182\" data-start=\"179\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"197\" data-start=\"182\"\u003ePoster size\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 8″ × 12″\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"243\" data-start=\"240\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"252\" data-start=\"243\"\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Gold-tone plastic frame with plexiglass front\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"316\" data-start=\"313\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"329\" data-start=\"316\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Vintage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"376\" data-start=\"373\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"389\" data-start=\"376\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Uncredited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"840\"\u003eA reprint of the risqué Urdu digest \u003cem data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"370\"\u003eRuby\u003c\/em\u003e, this cover features a Western model draped in pearls and posed suggestively, a hallmark of mid-century pulp erotica in Pakistan. The tagline below touts “jinsiyat ka qasriya ansariya tajurba” (a thrilling sexualized experience), typical of Urdu digests that packaged exoticized fantasies and foreign bodies for local male readership. Framed here as cultural relic, the work captures the translation of global softcore imagery into a uniquely Pakistani pulp visuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"916\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibited in “\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sculpture-center.org\/exhibitions\/14450\/spasial-program-by-khajistan\"\u003eSpasial Program\u003c\/a\u003e” at SculptureCenter, New York, June 18 –July 28, 2025. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"946\" data-start=\"856\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"873\" data-start=\"856\"\u003eAvailability:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free pickup on July 29, or worldwide shipping (price excludes shipping).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KHAJISTAN™","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46975026692310,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9883\/2285\/files\/IMG_8963.png?v=1773841105","url":"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/ruby-digest-cover-1972-urdu-framed-art-khajistan","provider":"KHAJISTAN™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}