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Medium:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (painting): 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in)
H x W (overall): 31.2 × 24.5 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Bundi or Raghogarh, Rajasthan state, India
Date:
ca. 1680
School/Tradition:
Bundi or Raghogarh school
Provenance:
To 1971
Chhote Bharany, New Delhi [1]
From 1971 to 2001
Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Chhote Bharany, New Delhi in December 1971
From 2001 to 2018
Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001
From 2018
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim
Notes:
[1] All of the Benkaim Bharany paintings were bought in the United States, according to Catherine Glynn Benkaim May 23-24, 2016, who further notes that the dealer Chhote Bharany had two children who went to school in California and he had relatives in NYC. Gurshuran Sidhu reported that Bharany took all of his paintings out of India before the Emergency (most probably in 1969) and kept them with William Wolff in New York.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Chhote Bharany (New Dehli, India)
Ralph and Catherine Benkaim
Catherine Glynn Benkaim
Topic:
portrait  Search this
woman  Search this
ragamala  Search this
pavilion  Search this
India  Search this
South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this
painting  Search this
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
Accession Number:
S2018.1.32
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye367bfb429-e80c-46b0-8d9e-3397dd785b08
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2018.1.32